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Letter to the editor: Pine beetle inaction to blame for Prince George pulp closure

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We had a simple but clear message: the mountain pine beetle would devastate B.C. interior forests and lead to eventual and massive shutdowns of lumber and pulp of operations in the interior.

Many of the reporters providing coverage on the mountain pine beetle epidemic in this province are too young to know how it all truly unfolded and led to last week’s announcement of Canfor closing the PG Pulp Mill.

Before I say any more, your readers should know that the mountain pine beetle has always been in our forests and always will be. British Columbians will also have forgotten that attempts to log the initial infestation in the park to avoid its spread was opposed vigorously by the entire environmental movement and the government. They somehow felt it was just nature at work and the park was somehow sacred and no serious logging in the park should be undertaken. None was.

That’s what has been lost through inaction and I challenge any politician to say otherwise. Yes, portions of those dead forests were logged over the last 25 years but the fibre was not the same value and many areas simply died because the size of the devastation was too great.

 

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