Railroads move to high alert and residents evacuate as Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida.

In Business/Political news: Canada launches Indigenous Fisheries Monitoring Fund, and invests in Northern Alberta’s Institute of Technology and in firefighter health and safety; the UK Guardian features BC’s UNDRIP law; Community Forests see support in BC election platforms; Ben Parfitt opines on why BC forest companies invest in the US; and Montana’s Pyramid Mountain Lumber nears full closure.

In Forestry/Wildfire news: ENGO’s push back on FPAC’s caribou recovery research funding; FAIRY CREEK (the documentary) is set to premier in Toronto; Eucalyptus trees are fueling Portugal’s wildfires; and a new study say Germany’s forests are switching from carbon-sink to carbon-source.

Finally, a primer on the European Union Deforestation Regulation delay.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor