1. Upper Sukunka - Peace River Forest District Pl Sw 2101-16 Opening 18
Polygon 44
Pl Sw
Logged 1971
Burned 1974
Planted 1977
MPB-Killed in 2006
Photo by Jamie Eason
Canfor, Chetwynd
May 25, 2007

2. South of Mackenzie Lakes - Prince George Forest District
Young Pl Polygon 186
93G046
Nov.8, 2006
Mostly attacked in 2006
View of Block Approx. 11 Months Later
Young Pl Polygon 186
Oct. 18, 2007

3. Substantial MPB Attack in 2006
Nov. 8, 2006
View of Block Approx. 11 Months Later
October 16, 2007

4. March 9, 2004
MPB activity in young Pl plantations over 3.5 years along Bowron River approx. 10 km north of Hwy. 16 E. A B
A = Opening # 54, 75.2 ha
(Opening I.D. = 571)
Canfor A18165, CP 488
Logged in 1987
Planted in 1989
Manually brushed in 1994
18 year old Pl in 2007
October 4, 2007 A B
B = Opening # 20
Logged in 1975
28 year old Pl in 2007

5. View to the northeast over the Bowron River at km 84.8 of the Bowron F.S. Rd. in July 1986 depicting 93H of A17778 (P.G. Wood Preserving Ltd.) The effects of clearcutting the spruce beetle outbreak and the impact of a subsequent escaped slash burn (that became the “Bow Fire” in the spring of 1985) and burnt the narrow reserve along the river.
R. Hodgkinson - July 1985
Photo GPS location:
N 53º 30’ 39”
W 121º 38’ 10”
Logged (439 ha)
Escaped slash burn 1985
Site Prep
Planted 1988 (439 ha)
Over 21 years later
(October 18, 2007) at close to the same viewpoint with mountain pine beetle killed young lodgepole pine.
R. Hodgkinson - Oct. 18, 2007