Pine beetle may cost Lakes, Cariboo up to 12000 forestry jobs: report

 Timber and job loss estimates found in a confidential ministry report are sharpening the debate on whether Victoria should relax forestry rules to ease the impact of the mountain pine beetle.
Houston’s timber-supply area was left out of the report, which focuses on four timber areas with a higher share of pine trees: the Lakes, Prince George, Quesnel and Williams Lake.   Apr 23, 2012    Houston Today

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