Mountain Pine Beetle

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The mountain pine beetle, Dendroctonus ponderosae, is a bark beetle which lives most of its life under the bark of lodgepole, ponderosa and western white pine trees.

During the last few years, hot, dry summers and mild winters in central BC have lead to an epidemic in our mature pine forests.  These beetles have destroyed millions of pine trees in BC especially the province’s most commercially harvested tree, the lodgepole pine.

Woodpeckers are a natural predator of the Mountain Pine Beetle.

Here are some important links to valuable sites about the Mountain Pine Beetle Home Owners Guide to the Mountain Pine Beetle Mountain Pine Beetles in British Columbia - BC Ministry of Forests Natural Resources Canada - Mountain Pine Beetle Initiative Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force - Action Timeline or check out their Infestation Map The David Suzuki Foundation - BC Forests & the Mountain Pine Beetle Denim Pine Marketing Association - The Wood That Nature Colors Pacific Forestry Centre - Entomology - Mountain Pine Beetle site