Canadian Forest Service Publications
Forest insect and disease conditions Prince George forest region 1978. 1978. Unger, L.S.; Fiddick, R.L. Fisheries and Environment Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Pacific Forest Research Centre, Victoria, BC. Information Report BC-X-193.
Year: 1978
Issued by: Pacific Forestry Centre
Catalog ID: 4796
Language: English
Series: Information Report (PFC - Victoria)
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Abstract
Pest problems in the Region were: mountain pine beetle around McNaughton Lake and in the Fort St. James area; spruce beetle near Carp, Hodda, Stuart, Trembleur and Nation lakes; larch sawfly west of Prince George; tent caterpillar near McBride. Two-year-cycle spruce budworm populations increased along the Holmes and Bowron rivers and an outbreak of black army cutworm occurred north of Fort St. James.
A leaf and shoot blight affected trembling aspen over a wide area in the western part of the Region. Rust and blight diseases affected alpine fir foliage from MacLeod Lake to Mackenzie.