Wildfires are straining Canada’s resources and it’s going to be a hot, hot summer. In related headlines:

• What happens to the animals during a fire
• How drones and data are being used to predict fires
• Good plans are in place but they may not be enough
• Northern hemisphere fires cause record emissions
• Smog warning issued as 150 wildfires burn in Quebec
• Quebec unable to bring its fires under control
• And updates from BC, Ontario, Quebec, and New Jersey

In other news: its the 50th anniversary of World Environment Day; benefits to Canada went unquestioned in Paper Excellence buyouts; Resolute/Unifor ratifies woodlands agreement; Walmart looks to recycled paper to reduce packaging waste; and BC extends the Fairy Creek old-growth deferral.

Finally, a counterintuitive climate defence — harvesting forests to combat emissions.

Kelly McCloskey, Tree Frog Editor