pine beetle
Stumped: B.C. reforestation
On an overcast morning in early May, a chill bites the air with just the slightest of ocean breezes. It’s as if winter never left. Days earlier, snow, hail and wind arrived to knock the pink blossoms off of boulevard cherry trees and make a mockery of southern Vancouver Island’s so-called “Mediterranean” climate. Read more
Tree Planters Seeking Solutions To Crucial Forestry Issues At Conference
Chief Forester Defends Go-Slow Approach to Restoration
WSCA Conference: Siliviculture contractors challenged Chief Forester Jim Snetsinger over the pace of work restoring forests lost to the mountain pine beetle citing the plummeting reforestation ratio and the extraordinary extent of the forest health disaster. But Snetsinger stated he didn’t want to compromise future industries that might emerge to harvest damaged stands by leveling … Read more
Planned Large Scale Eco-system Restoration Will Need Skilled Crews and Contractors
Expect Massive Wildfires in the Wake of Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic
Forester urges patience in beetle battle
It makes sense not to move too quickly to rehabilitate mountain pine beetle-killed forests, giving time for developing industries to utilize the dead timber to produce wood pellets, bio-energy and oriented strand board, B.C. chief forester Jim Snetsinger cautioned Friday. Rehabilitation differs from logging forests for commercial use. Read more
Is the province equipped to tackle the pine beetle’s long-term impact?
As many British Columbians know, the province is witnessing one of its biggest logging booms in decades. More trees are falling than ever in the Interior, and will for years to come. But today’s boom presages a dark future wherein resource-dependent communities and the provincial treasury both will be hit hard. Read more
BC Government Announces Forestry Funding
The BC government has announced a five-year 185-million program to begin addressing the reforestation backlog created by the mountain pine beetle disaster, recent forest fires, and years of low public forestry funding. The dollars are aimed at brushing impeded stands, reforesting the mountain and pine beetle backlog, and replanting the old pre-1987 NSR. Read more