Alberta Forest Products Association’s Jason Krips says it time to talk about how Alberta’s forests are managed, calls for more active management. In related news: Bruce Uzelman says irresponsible forest management is to blame; Stuart Taylor says he raised the alarm years ago and a Jasper biologist explains how animals dodge wildfires. In other Forestry news: people are illegally climbing California’s redwoods; and wildfire updates from the BC Interior, Northern Ontario and Greece.

In Business news: Oregonians scramble to keep Malheur Lumber running; Ontario invests $3.5 M in mass timber manufacturer Element5; Williams Lake First Nation and West Fraser sign forestry agreement; CPKC Rail celebrates its expanded network and biomass power grows in Japan.

Finally, UK scientists discover a new wood type, while UBC researchers create super-black ‘light absorbing’ wood.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor discover