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A historical look at forest insect management in the late 1970's. Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak in the Kootenay area is documented. This is what an outbreak used to look like.
The mountain pine beetle has long been a pest in BC's lodgepole pine forests but in the late 90s it became a disaster in this province
This production is one of a collection of historical films and videos that were digitized as part of the celebration of the centenary of the BC Forest Service in 2012. Digitization was done through a grant from the UBC Ike Barber Learning Centre and funding from the BC Forest Service Centenary Society.
Date produced: 1979
Bill Davies - Script and Direction
Robert NIchol - Cinematography
Bruce Giesbrecht - Editor
Ralph Parker - Sound Recording
Rick Patton - Sound recording
Robert McLachlan - Assitant Cameraman
George Juhasz - Graphics
Barry P. Jones - Re-recording
Robert Nichol - Producer
With Thanks:
Dr John Borden, Entomologist, Simon Fraser University
Dr Hamish Kimmins Forest Ecologist Unversity of BC
Dr Les Safranyik Forest Entomologist Canadian Forest Service
Crestbrook Forest Industries, Cranbook
BC Fish and Wildlife Branch, Cranbook
Produced for the BC Ministry of Forests
by Dream Machine Film Corporation
Vancouver 1979
youtu.be/B9FI59OB-3U
A historical look at forest insect management in the late 1970's. Mountain Pine Beetle outbreak in the Kootenay area is documented. This is what an outbreak used to look like.
The mountain pine beetle has long been a pest in BC's lodgepole pine forests but in the late 90s it became a disaster in this province
This production is one of a collection of historical films and videos that were digitized as part of the celebration of the centenary of the BC Forest Service in 2012. Digitization was done through a grant from the UBC Ike Barber Learning Centre and funding from the BC Forest Service Centenary Society.
Date produced: 1979
Bill Davies - Script and Direction
Robert NIchol - Cinematography
Bruce Giesbrecht - Editor
Ralph Parker - Sound Recording
Rick Patton - Sound recording
Robert McLachlan - Assitant Cameraman
George Juhasz - Graphics
Barry P. Jones - Re-recording
Robert Nichol - Producer
With Thanks:
Dr John Borden, Entomologist, Simon Fraser University
Dr Hamish Kimmins Forest Ecologist Unversity of BC
Dr Les Safranyik Forest Entomologist Canadian Forest Service
Crestbrook Forest Industries, Cranbook
BC Fish and Wildlife Branch, Cranbook
Produced for the BC Ministry of Forests
by Dream Machine Film Corporation
Vancouver 1979
youtu.be/B9FI59OB-3U
