Battling the Beetle

BeetleDamage

In This Series

opinion

BeetleDamage

Let's Grow a Pine Beetle Fund

BC must invest now to stave off beetle crises in the future.

By Ben Parfitt, 17 Aug 2005

news

pinebeetleuse

The Bug in BC's Economy

How the pine beetle is propelling a 'race to the bottom' for timber towns.

By Ben Parfitt, 3 Oct 2005

news

QuesnelBoundry

What Price the Beetle?

The Cariboo-Chilcotin region alone wants $489 million. Victoria commits to far less.

By Ben Parfitt, 4 Oct 2005

news

lodgepole

Sowing More Devastation

BC created a doomed monoculture of pine. We're re-growing a lot of the same.

By Ben Parfitt, 5 Oct 2005

The Gem of Canadian Science that Harper Killed

Experimental Lakes Area was world famous; its findings might have saved Canada billions.

By Andrew Nikiforuk