Beetle wood salvage estimates ring alarm bells

By Gordon Hamilton: Forest Practices Board report predicts sustainable timber shortfall in wake of Interior pine salvage program and recommends province re-evaluate harvest levels in hard-hit areas

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Forest companies are harvesting less dead pine while increasing their green timber harvests in some Interior regions hardest hit by the mountain pine beetle, according to a Forest Practices Board report. The report, released last week by the independent forest watchdog, raises concerns that there will not be as much timber as expected when the beetle salvage program is over. The switch to harvesting living trees rather than dead pine trees shows there is a “rapidly changing situation” in the Interior pine forests, according to Timber Harvesting in Beetle-Affected Areas: Is It Meeting Government’s Expectations?

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