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Foresters first noted the beetle\u2019s devastating impact on British Columbia\u2019s lodgepole pine forests in the 1990s. A series of warm winters fueled the outbreak, and the MPB soon spread east into Alberta, where it began to attack other species, including the jack pine, which is prevalent throughout the boreal forest that stretches all the way to the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/story\/stopping-spread-mountain-pine-beetle\/?utm_source=Homepage&amp;utm_medium=Banner\">more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small insect is causing big problems for Canada\u2019s forestry industry. The mountain pine beetle (MPB) is about the size of a grain of rice and it\u2019s common to find more than 100 of them on a mass-attacked tree. Foresters first noted the beetle\u2019s devastating impact on British Columbia\u2019s lodgepole pine forests in the 1990s. 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