Warm weather and holdover fires point to early start to Canada’s wildfire season. Here are the headlines:
- It’s still winter, and more than 100 wildfires are still smouldering
- B.C. is seeing a record number of ‘zombie fires’. What does this mean?
- Alberta plans to hire 100 more firefighters but questions remain about readiness
- Warm and dry weather prompts Alberta to declare an early start to season
- Ontario Firefighting agency prepares as spring and wildfire season approach
- Ontario Public Service Employees Union calls for action on firefighter ‘crisis’
- USDA announces $500 million to confront wildfire crisis in the US West
In other news: a Wisconsin developer submits plans for a 50-storey timber tower; Alberta researchers point to fungi in fight against pine beetles; ENGOs sue US Forest Service to protect lynx from logging in Montana; and Boise Cascade and Bluelinx reported their Q3, 2024 results. On the Health and Safety front: sad news of a Canfor pulp mill worker who died of electrocution.
Finally, University of BC tops Working Forest’s Top-10 list of North American Forestry Schools.
Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor