BC’s old-growth review tackles an issue that’s bedevilled government for decades—Stewart Muir reports. In related news: a protester group calls for the BC forest minister’s resignation; the US wants to relax protections for Oregon’s large trees; a plan to log California old-growth faces opposition; and banning native forest logging in Australia is called absurd.

In other news: a report on Covid-19 job losses in Northern BC; the virus forces postponement of Ontario’s Resource Expo; and the Nature Conservancy Canada has a new CEO. Meanwhile, on the wildfire front: evacuations urged in Red Lake, Ontario and Lake Hughes, California; a UBC prof on staying fire-smart; and an angler’s view on the benefits of wildfires. 

Finally, how due you make cities healthier and cooler? Spoiler alert – it involves trees.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor