By The Canadian Press

mountain pine beetle

Alberta invests more into the fight against the mountain pine beetle

Oct 31, 2019 | 1:16 PM

Alberta is increasing what it spends to fight the mountain pine beetle in the province’s forests.

Forestry Minister Devin Dreeshen says the amount is going up by $5 million to a total of $30 million.

He says the money is to be spent on monitoring beetle infestations, as well as on early attack programs.

Paul Whittaker of the Alberta Forest Products Association says the Hinton area continues to be most threatened after a large flight of the beetles from Jasper National Park.

Whittaker says last year’s cold winter was tough on the tiny insects.

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He says that gives foresters a chance to try to reduce their overall numbers.