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Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 2011 - Current

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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the... More ≫

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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be difficult. the surveyors do not do ground truthing for all disturbances identified, therefore it is not guaranteed that all of the disturbances are caused by MPB. the surveyors do not necessarily map tree patches less than three red trees and therefore the dataset may not include all MPB killed trees. 'grey' attacked trees are not captured. the surveyors attempt to distinguish between 'new' faders and 'old' faders but the accuracy of this distinction is not guaranteed and therefore the data may reflect several years and several generations of MPB attack. Beetle year is...

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Mountain Pine Beetle Inventory 1975 - 2010

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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the... More ≫

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The mountain pine beetle (Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins, MPB) is native to western Canada. It attacks all pine including lodgepole, limber, whitebark and jack pine. Over the past 40 years the range of mountain pine beetle has expanded, possibly due to changes in the area of climatically suitable habitat. Known Limitations: The areas surveyed each year can be different and therefore year over year comparisons may be difficult. the surveyors do not do ground truthing for all disturbances identified, therefore it is not guaranteed that all of the disturbances are caused by MPB. the surveyors do not necessarily map tree patches less than three red trees and therefore the dataset may not include all MPB killed trees. 'grey' attacked trees are not captured. the surveyors attempt to distinguish between 'new' faders and 'old' faders but the accuracy of this distinction is not guaranteed and therefore the data may reflect several years and several generations of MPB attack. Beetle year is...

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Verbenone use guidelines [2020]

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The purpose of this guide is to provide information for landowners, municipalities and forest managers on the operational use and limitations of using verbenone for mountain pine beetle protection.

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Verbenone use guidelines [2010]

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The purpose of this guide is to provide information for landowners, municipalities and forest managers on the operational use and limitations of using verbenone for mountain pine beetle protection.

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Mountain pine beetle : action plan

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In response to a growing, unprecedented infestation of mountain pine beetle, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development has updated its management strategy. This action plan outlines the steps the... More ≫

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In response to a growing, unprecedented infestation of mountain pine beetle, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development has updated its management strategy. This action plan outlines the steps the department is taking and intends to take to manage and mitigate the mountain pine beetle's impact on the province's pine forests.

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Mountain pine beetle : management strategy

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This document describes the mountain pine beetle issue in Alberta, defines the strategy that has been developed to manage the issue, and offers various tactics and methods to monitor, assess, and... More ≫

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This document describes the mountain pine beetle issue in Alberta, defines the strategy that has been developed to manage the issue, and offers various tactics and methods to monitor, assess, and predict mountain pine beetle population levels and trends as a basis for control strategies.

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Mountain pine beetle : infestation management responsibilities

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An unforeseeable mountain pine beetle flight from British Columbia in the summer of 2006 significantly increased the number of infested pine stands in Alberta, including stands far deeper into the... More ≫

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An unforeseeable mountain pine beetle flight from British Columbia in the summer of 2006 significantly increased the number of infested pine stands in Alberta, including stands far deeper into the province than previously. This has required a major expansion in the scope of beetle mitigation efforts. This paper updates the roles and responsibilities of involved parties to reflect this changed situation.

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