British Columbia/economic Impact & Pine Beetle
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...which is not much larger than a grain of rice, yet this minute creation is causing catastrophic devastation to British Columbia's $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 what's 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).
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