North and South Carolina are battling wildfires, as South Korea cleans up, and Canada prepares for what’s coming. In related news: a new documentary on BC’s Wildfire Service; the premier of Alberta blames Park’s Canada for the Jasper fire; and Washington’s budget woes put fire preparations at risk. Meanwhile: Oklahoma firefighters react to forestry chief firing; Oregon’s wildfire-risk maps revisited; what Los Angeles can learn from the 2019 Paradise fire; and KB Homes unveils a fire-resilient neighbourhood.

In Business news: the Canfor/Teralta Prince George hydrogen project is paused; Maine-based TimberHP files for bankruptcy; and Netherland’s Vattenfall cancels its biomass plant plans. Meanwhile: ex-BC forest minister Mike de Jong is running as an independent; a podcast on the future of wood construction; and the Softwood Lumber Board expands its mass timber accelerator program. 

Finally, Part II on political risk in the Canadian Forest Sector – a good weekend read!

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog News Editor