The Burning Question: Mountain Pine Beetle and Fire in our Forests

Fire plays an important role in the forest. By continuing to promote fire prevention in forests, humans have contributed to an increase in forest fires and unhealthy forests.

This program discussed how fire suppression and climate change have caused the mountain pine beetle population to recently explode in British Columbia.

Take a look at the ecology of the mountain pine beetle and explore how humans can successfully protect people and wildlife living in forests by actually using fire - by setting controlled fires in forests to ensure forest health and long-term sustainability.

This 5 minute video is available in two formats (please note that this is a
large file ):

QuickTime (11MB - quicker to download, but also a lower quality picture)
MP4 (60MB - longer to download, but a higher quality picture)

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