Introduction
The British Columbia Forest Program monitors
incidence of bark beetles and defoliators through aerial overview
surveys. The regional forest health team (Lorraine Maclauchlan,
Leo Rankin, Art Stock, Michelle Cleary, and Kevin Buxton)
oversee operational and research projects to deal with Entomology
and Pathology issues within the Southern Interior Region.
The Southern Interior Region (SIR) covers an extremely diverse
area. This area includes: desert, drybelt, moist, alpine,
and sub alpine ecosystems. With this diversity comes a range
of potentially damaging pests. These include various species
of fungi, bark beetles, defoliators such as western hemlock
looper, western spruce budworm, and many pests affecting young
stands.
