Trump wants to create a new federal agency that will be responsible for wildland fire fighting nationwide. In related news: preventing a wildfire catastrophe in Alberta’s Bow Valley; BC prepares for its wildfire season, as Forest Minister says BC Timber Sales can help restore BC’s forests; ENGOs say BC old-growth is worth billions; mixed reviews for US plan to increase logging in California, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; and an Idaho judge halts logging to protect grizzly habitat. 

In Business news: the US Lumber Coalition says Canadian violations of US trade law are an attack on US workers; how companies like Brink Forest Products and the Groman Group are gapping with US tariffs; saving BC forestry will take radical thinking; and the EU pulp & paper industry weighs in on US tariffs. In Market news: US Consumer sentiment fell for the 4th straight month; and US homebuilders fear cost increases.

Finally, Can fungi fight fires? This Alberta town plans to find out.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor