Mountain Pine Beetle

Beetle News

Government of Canada Funding for Spread Control of Mountain Pine Beetle in Alberta - News Release April 4, 2008

The Impact of Mountain Pine Beetle on Communities - Workshop Material July, 2007

Vancouver designers and architects eye lodgepole pine for aggregate use Journal of Commerce October 8, 2007

Beetles give certainty Prince George Free Press October 3, 2007

Making Concrete With Wood UNBC October 3, 2007

Community Futures to provide advise & assistance to beetle funding applicants North Thompson Times September   

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Parks to step up prescribed burns to combat beetle Jasper Booster September 26, 2007 (16KB)

Provinces Chief Forester Optimistic 250 News September 14, 2007 (77KB)

Beetle carving path to our door Penticton Western News August 31, 2007 (68 KB)

City braces for pine beetles' arrival Penticton Western News August 31, 2007 (18 KB)

Province counters pine beetle with fire Edmonton Sun August 24, 2007 (18 KB)

Vail creating barrier against fire Vail Daily August 27, 2007 (36 KB)

Conference addresses pine beetle threat Hinton Parklander July 30, 2007 (780 KB)

Nothing can stop the mountain pine beetle Edson Leader July 30, 2007 (15 KB)

UNBC studying pine beetle's effect on Climate Prince George Free Press July 27, 2007 (43 KB)

Canada's new government investing $80 million in BC communities hit by MPB, WED News Release July 18, 2007    

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Alberta Communities Prepare for MPB News Release GAER July 16, 2007 (89 KB)

Tis the season for forest fires Pulp & Paper Canada, June 19, 2007 (11 KB)

Mayor to fight beetle in Alberta 100 Mile House Free Press, July 11, 2007 (19 KB)

Pine beetle developing a taste for spruce Canadian Press June 27, 2007 (17 KB)

Alberta Communities that depend on forestry call for pine beetle action plan Canadian PressJune 20, 2007 (18 KB)

MPB Phase Two Report:  Towards Transformation News Release GAER June 19, 2007 (79 KB)

Battle with beetle continues in Saddle Hills Central Peace Signal June 19, 2007 (31 KB)

Mountain Pine Beetle Past It's Prime Capital Press June 1, 2007

Forest Industry faces changes Vancouver Sun May 11, 2007 (17 KB)

Heli-logging of beetle-killed trees under way in Kananaskis Country Rocky Mountain Outlook May 10, 2007 (20 KB)

10 Counties To Meet To Fight Against Pine Beetle cbs4denver.com May 10, 2007

Wait & See, Parks Canada uncertain about summer beetle outbreak Jasper Booster May 9, 2007 (18 KB)

Forest industry faces major changes Vancouver Sun May 11, 2007 (27 KB)

Keeping the Bugs at Bay Alberta Venture Vol. 10 Issue 05 (2006) By Jeff Gailus
Out of the Frying Pan Alberta Venture Vol. 11 Issue 05 (May 2007) By Jeff Gailus
Scientists Using bears to battle bugs The Gazette (Montreal) 2007 May 13, 2007 (26 KB)

Battle with Mountain Pine Beetle continuing The Central Peace Signal May 8, 2007(14 KB)

Beetle mania strikes Vancouver designers Bell Globemedia Publishing Inc.  May 4, 2007 (17KB)

Battling mountain pine beetles with helicoptors Canmore Leader   May 2, 2007 (19KB)

Beetle studies investigate effects on forest hydrology North Thompson Star Journal  April 30, 2007 (30KB)

Mountain pine beetles a threat to Canada's boreal forest Knoxville News Sentinel Co.  April 29, 2007 (20KB)

Logging a concern in Lake Country Vernon Morning Star  April 27, 2007 (20KB)

We can't afford not to act Parksville Qualicum News  April 27, 2007 (16KB)

More government help to mitigate pine beetle damage News Release BC Ministry of Environment  April 26, 2007 (31KB)

GAER Chair Glenn Taylor interview News Release GAER  April 26, 2007 (146 KB)

Beetle coalition ready for action Vanderhoof Omineca Express  April 25, 2007 (19 KB)

My meeting with Michael Prince George Free Press  April 25, 2007 (20 KB)

Government of Alberta allocates $50 million to fight the MPB News Release  April 25, 2007 (22 KB)

CCBAC, MPs meet on the beetle The Williams Lake Tribune  April 20, 2007 (16 KB)

Beetle could burn local tourism The FitzHugh  April 19, 2007 (268 KB)

Beetle harvest hiked Prince George Citizen  April 19, 2007 (15 KB)

Williams Lake harvest increased in response to beetle  BC Ministry of Forests and Range  April 18, 2007 (29 KB)

Community leaders brainstorm mountain pine beetle solutions  Edson Leader April 16, 2007 (17 KB)

Pine beetle crisis grows. Province wants Ottawa to help fund battle Calgary Herald  April 12, 2007 (30 KB)

Alberta declares pine beetle emergency  CBC News  April 11, 2007 (27 KB)

Communities will need to find ways to adapt Prince George Free Press  April 11, 2007 (17 KB)

Woodlands County doing their part for beetle infestation  Whitecourt Star   April 11, 2007 (15 KB)

The beetle and the damage done  CBC News-Indepth  April 4, 2007 (75 KB)

GAER hopes mountain pine beetle initiative will lessen the impact Edson Leader  April 2, 2007 (154 KB)

correction  Insight into Government correction April 6, 2007 (19 KB)

Measuring the pine beetle's bite...  Insight into Government   March 30, 2007 (33 KB)

Beetles on the way Western Review  March 27, 2007 (77 KB)

Classrooms equipped with pine beetle education kits  BC Ministry of Forests and Range & Ministry of Education   March 23, 2007 (35 KB)

Cariboo-Chilcotin receives beetle funding News Release BC Ministry of Forests and Range March 22, 2007 (29 KB)

Grande Alberta Economic Region announces new mountain pine beetle initiative  GAER  March 20, 2007 (85 KB)

Fir trees falling victim to beetle infestation  100 Mile House Free Press February 7, 2007 (70 KB)

New report shows Edmonton is truly a forestry city ... News Release AFPA January 18, 2007 (93) KB

Battle of the beetle set to begin Central Peace Signal   December 5, 2006 (14 KB)

Alta wants trees threatened by pine beetle cut CNews   November 9, 2006 (24 KB)

Pine beetle reaches Grande Prairie, threatens forests CBC News  August 8, 2006 (31 KB)

Pine beetle threatens Canada's boreal forest CBC News  July 4, 2006 (31 KB)