President Trump imposed new tariffs on Canada that include a range of wood panel, paper and furniture products (lumber and OSB are excluded). In related news: Prime Minister Carney and opposition leaders respond; analysts say the rarely used Section 338 of the Tariff Act is aimed at strengthening the US negotiating position; and reports suggest more tariff announcements are coming. Meanwhile: Finch Paper will end pulp production at its Glens Falls, NY mill; and Nippon’s Longview paper mill workers will continue to be paid during investigation. 

In Forestry/Wildfire news: Premier Ford defends Ontario’s wildfire response amid criticism from Trump, the US Lumber Coalition and local First Nations; Ontario is on track for its worst wildfire season on record; Manitoba’s logging sector warns of wildfire’s impact on jobs; BC races to protect Kimberley from an out-of-control blaze; and California is making progress on reducing wildfire risks. Meanwhile: what Stanley Park’s dying trees say about climate change; and industrial development is fragmenting Canada’s boreal forests.

Finally, BC Premier Eby appoints former minister Andrew Mercier as new chief of staff.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor