Parks in fight to stop pine beetle spread caused by mild winters

May 27, 2006
Source: Canada.com
Original story — link verified on May 27, 2006

Alberta and British Columbia have cut down and burned more than 45,000 infested trees in their effort to keep the mountain pine beetle from spreading to Alberta from B.C. About 8.7 million hectares of B.C. forest were infested by the pine beetle last year.

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