Historically, where in Alberta has there been an epidemic mountain pine beetle population?
• Jasper National Park • Crowsnest Pass* • There has never been an epidemic in Alberta. * This epidemic began in the late ‘70s and carried into the ‘80s • Alberta’s coniferous (needle-leaved) forests have been affected by the following: • Historical burning by Aboriginal people • Dutch elm disease • Development of irrigation canals • Mountain pine beetle is also found in which of the following U.S. States: • Hawaii • Alaska • Oregon* * Its range is from the Pacific Coast east to the Black Hills in South Dakota, up to northern BC/western Alberta, and down as far south as northwestern Mexico. • 16) What is one human control method used to manage the mountain pine beetle: • Cut down colonized trees and burn them • Catch-and-release them into the United States • Breed extra woodpeckers and release them into mountain pine beetle infected areas • The term we use to describe a major mountain pine beetle outbreak is: • An unfortunate event • An epidemic • An endemic attack • The main reason we
