Art Stock, RPF, regional entomologist for the BC Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations provides a summary of the mountain pine beetle in B.C. He discusses the annual volume of trees killed by MPB in B.C. each year and presents the aerial overview survey program results for 2014. The suppression program is highlighted - including areas stratified into Beetle Management Units, detailed aerial surveys and ground surveys, as well as fall and burn treatments. An overview of the 2008 - 2012 strategy, policy and funding for MPB control is also given.
This presentation was a part of the fRI Mountain Pine Beetle Information Exchange Forum, April 2015.
