News in timber

12 new large incidents were reported over the weekend, and a total of 17 large, uncontained wildfires are currently being managed under full suppression strategies, while 8 are being managed with strategies other than full suppression.

On June 5th, the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (CCFM) released its Canadian Wildland Fire Prevention and Mitigation Strategy.

There are currently nine large, uncontained wildfires being managed with full suppression strategies in Arizona, Florida, New Mexico, and Washington.

Effective immediately, the new AAC for the Sunshine Coast TSA is 1,050,000 cubic meters, a 12.3% reduction but 2% above the average harvest level over the past decade.

Effective immediately, the new ACC is 550,000 cubic meters, a 13.4% reduction from the previous AAC.

There are currently eight large, uncontained wildfires being managed with full suppression strategies across the country, including three in Arizona, two in California, and one each in Colorado, Florida, and New Mexico.

ABC affiliate WPDE took an in-depth look at the impact that recently curtailed or permanently closed paper and pulp mills are having on South Carolina log harvesting companies.

Since post-tropical storm Fiona’s destruction of nearly 32,000 hectares of forestland in 2022, requests for trees have “increased a great deal,” and the provincial tree nursery is trying to keep up, CBC News reported.

The new AAC for TFL 46 is 360,000 cubic meters, a 5.5% reduction from the previous AAC set in 2012.

As of Friday, 10 new large wildfires have burned 38,606 acres in 6 states. On Thursday, firefighters contained the Peg Leg and Wolf fires in Arizona.