Mountain Pine Beetle Destroying Forests

Forests are changing from green to red as the Mountain Pine Beetle wrecks its havoc on British Columbia forests.

Many blame the beetles onslaught on warmer temperatures due to global warming. The beetles are expected to wipe out 80 percent of BC's forests within the next 4 years.

Urgent innovative ideas are needed to combat this growing disaster.

Contributed by Wendy Wurtele, ICL

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http://ext.nrs.wsu.edu/forestryext/foresthealth/notes/mountainbeetle.htm The idea of bats might be sound, but first I would think finding out if the bats will eat the beetles before netting off are...
- Vickie Sumner

This is just an idea: using bats! Most of the bats eat insects. There must be some that eat mostly pine beetles (well, I think this is better than not having any pines thus all insects and other anim...
- Dana Rosenfeld

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