| Description |
230 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [203]-218) and index. |
| Note |
Co-published by the David Suzuki Foundation. |
| Summary |
Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of bark beetle outbreaks unsettled the forests of western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. The beetle didn't act alone--misguided science, out-of-control logging, bad public policy, and a hundred years of fire suppression created a volatile geography that, with the advance of global warming, released the world's oldest forest manager from all natural constraints. Drawing on first-hand accounts from entomologists, botanists, foresters, and rural residents, award-winning journalist Andrew Nikiforuk investigates this unprecedented beetle plague, its startling implications, and the lessons it holds. |
| Form |
Issued also in electronic format. |
| Subject |
Bark beetles -- North America.
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Trees -- Diseases and pests -- North America.
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Beetles -- Effect of forest management on -- North America.
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Forest insects -- Control -- North America.
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| Added Author |
David Suzuki Foundation.
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| ISBN |
9781553655107: $17.95 |
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1553655109 |
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