Title	Mountain Pine Beetle
Date Issued	1991-01-17
Description	This destructive insect targets lodgepole pine forests in the B.C. interior. It seems to prefer mature trees and its life cycle tends to have huge explosions in population at irregular intervals. Some believe these may be weather-related. The insect lays eggs under the bark where insecticides cannot reach them. The larvae feed on the inner bark, finally girdling the tree which, being unable to transport nutrients and water, dies. But long before that, the larvae have matured and flown to lay eggs in a new place. Tens of thousands of hectares of B.C. pine forest is now affected. Some of the biggest clearcuts in the province are to try and salvage beetle-killed trees.
Extent	1 Betacam SP videocassette ; 00:28:30
Geographic Location	Williams Lake (B.C.) ; Cranbrook (B.C.)
Genre	Motion Pictures
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	English
Notes	Season 08 Episode 07 Mike Halleran; Dr. John Borden - Dept. of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University; Dr. Les Safranyik - Research Scientist, Forestry Canada; Peter Hall - Forest Entomologist, British Columbia Ministry of Forests; Art Krane - B.C. Forest Service, Cranbrook, B.C.; Stu Lightburn - Private Landowner, East Kootenay; Doug Martin - B.C. Ministry of Environment, Cranbrook, B.C.; Joe Tress - Crestbrook Forest Industries, Fernie, B.C.
Identifier	UBC VT 2160.1/091; Westland_08_07
Collection	Westland
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Archives. Halleran Video Collection. UBC VT 2160.1/091
Date Available	2012-06-17
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from University Archives: http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives
DOI	10.14288/1.0048342
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