Toronto ranks among the worst for air quality as wildfire smoke blankets Eastern Canada and the US Midwest. In related news: a report on the climate-fire feedback loop; a call for a global response; and wildfire updates from Vancouver Island, the Yukon, and Newfoundland. In Forestry news: FSC Canada launches consultations on intact forests; BC’s Community Forests defend their model; the US may limit public input on federal land use; and a a call for more community forests in Scotland.

In Business news: The US Forest Service is investing in wood innovation; US Senators introduce a Forest Bioeconomy Act; the Trump Administration posts guidance on its tariff rollout; a BC Minister urges Ottawa to negotiate hard; Quebec’s Scierie St-Michel lumber mill suspends operations; Maine’s forest sector feels the tariff pain; Brazil wood exporters rush to beat the US deadline; and lumber futures hit a 3-year high. Meanwhile: a fire at Domtar’s Plymouth facility is extinguished; and Chartwell Resource Group and DWB Consulting are merging.

Finally, see inside the ruins of Oregon’s timber past at Vernonia’s ghost mill.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News