Mountain Pine Beetle Epidemic In Willmore Worsened By Decades Of Fire Suppression
Alberta Wilderness Association
News Release: August 2, 2005
While the government is spending time and money trying to eradicate the recent infestation of mountain pine beetle in Willmore Wilderness Park, they could better use that money in the future to support ecosystem-based forest research and management. Serious epidemics of forest pests could be avoided by allowing forests to exist in their natural, complex, healthy state instead of being subjected to unnatural management strategies such as fire suppression. Read More