We're seeing some of the effects already - massive forest die-offs, outbreaks of severe forest fires. Whatever affects the watershed is potentially devastating.
But it's tied to extraordinarily warm temperatures in that part of Canada, not drought. That's like all the forested area of New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado combined.
It's tied to extraordinarily warm temperatures in that part of Canada, not drought. If that was happening in the northeastern U.S., maybe this would get some attention.