Video

B.C.'s Largest Epidemic

Hear from some of those directly involved in addressing the economic, environmental and social challenges created by the mountain pine beetle infestation. Video clips are excerpted from the Westland Television production B.C.'s Largest Epidemic.

life cycle and infestation causes (total time 1:51 -- Leo Rankin, Chris Ritchie)
recovering value from attacked forests (total time 1:35 -- Ray Schultz, Jim Snetsinger)
role of the Beetle Action Coalitions (total time 1:15 -- Dave Neads, Elizabeth Anderson, Ray Schultz)
reforestation and silviculture (total time 2:40 -- Jim Snetsinger, Doug Routledge)
Future Forest Ecosystems Initiative (total time 1:04 -- Ray Schultz)
management in parks and habitat restoration (total time 0:52 -- Chris Ritchie, Lyle Gawalko)

posted January 2008

British Columbia's Mountain Pine Beetle:

Select a link for preferred format for a nine-minute video produced by the BC Market Outreach Network, a provincial government agency, and the Council of Forest Industries. This introductory video explains the reasons for the epidemic, beetle biology, how forests are attacked, and how forests will regenerate.

WMV (Windows Media Video)

High Bandwidth Version (48 MB)
Low Bandwidth Version (16 MB)

posted May 2007

MOV (Apple QuickTime)

High Bandwidth Version (52 MB)
Low Bandwidth Version (29 MB)