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A 5 page research paper that discusses the problem of the mountain pine beetle (MPB), which causing catastrophic devastation to British Columbia's $19 million forest industry. The writer explores the economic ramifications of this problem for the province. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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devastation to British Columbias $19 million forest industry (Wanless 27). The extent of this problem and its ramifications come close to being inconceivable, as literally thousands of B.C. jobs are
affected with roughly 90,000 workers being directly affected (Wanless 27). The MPB prefers lodgepole pine, which is the single most common commercial tree in British Columbia, as it constitutes 24
percent of the "total provincial growing stock" (Wanless 27). Part of an answer may involve commercial use of the MPB affected wood (Wanless 27). Quesnel, a quiet town of
11,0000 in central B.C., is a good example of whats happening in the province due to the MPB. The beetles are devastating the pine forests that have supported Quesnel since
the last century (Webster and Cathro 26). According to experts, towns like Quesnel have roughly eight years in which to reinvent themselves (Webster and Cathro 26). Thus, far, the
MPB epidemic has destroyed approximately $6 billion in trees (Webster and Cathro 26). If this continues the provincial government estimates that one-fifth of British Columbias marketable timber will be ruined,
which means that the world may lose almost 7 percent of its softwood supply (Webster and Cathro 26). To cushion the impact of the beetle on B.C.s economy, the government
is pushing the timber industry to salvage what they can of the "dead and dying trees," by greatly increasing logging quotas (Webster and Cathro 26). In Questnel, a spokesman estimates
that the salvage effort has escalated logging levels by 70 percent (Webster and Cathro 26). This move will save the local economy for the present, but it is a solution
that will see logging levels drop by as much as 50 percent when the boom ends. This is bad news to local landowners, such as Steven Allen, who was hoping
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