Mountain Pine Beetle

Links

To find out more about the Alberta Mountain Pine Beetle Action plan and the province's activities, visit Alberta Sustainable Resource Development's Mountain Pine Beetle homepage: http://srd.alberta.ca/forests/health/pestalerts/mountainpinebeetles.aspx

A Mountain Pine Beetle Advisory Committee has been established to counsel the Department of Sustainable Resource Development on strategies to minimize the threat posed by the MPB: http://srd.alberta.ca/forests/health/pestalerts/mpbadvisory.aspx

The Grande Prairie/Smoky Area is experiencing the largest MPB invasion in Alberta . Over 2.5 million trees are estimated to be infected. Visit their MPB page to learn more: http://www.countygp.ab.ca/municipal/countygp/countygp-website.nsf/0/40E9DB395F311597872571E80078C63A?OpenDocument

The Alberta Forest Products Association has created a new page to discuss the MPB infestation in Alberta.  http://www.albertaforestproducts.ca/resources/Pine Beetle.aspx

Parks Canada is also host to a MPB Initiative, and provides a number of links to further beetle-related information and research: http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/dpp-mpb/index_e.asp

Natural Resource Canada 's Canadian Forest Service provides information on the beetle, and the Federal Mountain Pine Beetle Program (http://mpb.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/index_e.html). It also provides links to research, study data and reports around the impact of the beetle: http://www.pfc.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/entomology/mpb/outbreak/summary_e.html#top

The British Columbia Government has an extensive website relating to the beetle's impact in that province, management tactics and other beetle issues: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/mountain_pine_beetle

NEW!! A blog and news articles relating to the British Columbia Mountain Pine Beetle infestation:  http://mountain-pine-beetle.blogspot.com/

Hinton Wood Products details the MPB in its Forest Management Area:http://www.weldwood.com/hinfr01/internet/hinnet.nsf

There are a number of NGOs and environmental organizations which provide Mountain Pine Beetle information. Check out The David Suzuki Foundation's Beetle webpage: http://www.davidsuzuki.org/Forests/Canada/BC/Beetle.

The Sierra Club has issued a number of publications on the beetle and community sustainability. Find them here:  http://www.sierraclub.ca/bc/programs/wildlands/issue.shtml?x=575&als%5BU
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Click here for a link to an interview with Glenn Taylor, Chair, regarding GAER's MPB Stage 2 Report: Towards Transformation. This interview was on CBC Radio, Wildrose Country on June 21, 2007. Thank you to CBC Radio for allowing us to use this clip.