Posted AT 4:50 AM EDT on 06/06/08
Economy chops down ranks fighting beetle blight
VANCOUVER — The replanting of British Columbia's forests is falling behind because of economic woes affecting industry and a funding lapse in the government's reforestation program and unable to keep pace with the voracious mountain pine beetle.
Fewer trees will be planted next year than at any time in the past two decades, even though the pine beetle has ravaged vast tracts of land, the head of a tree planting association says.
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