Forest Inaecl Conditions in the HuLntj Mountain* 



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\Cfmrtffy AmrT\can Forestry. 

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*'(1 s(»riir fiiTilicr llicrc; l>iit it is not 

 Moticralily coininon in hcalfliy trees. 

 A ft'W «l('iiilro('tc)tius-kill»'tl jack pin»*H 

 may ho noon niong the Clear Lake 

 trail. Condif ions are l)eiiijr nirefiilly 

 watched hy the <>l'tic»>rs of the res«'rve 

 and any outhreaks will re<'eive prompt 

 attention. 



The larch dendroctoniis. /' sunjiUs 

 Lee., is v»'ry common throuj;hout the 

 parts visited. It was found in jfreal 

 numhers in dead, standing? larches: 

 hut whether or not it had hecn the 

 primary cau.se of the death of the 

 tre<'s could not ho then determinod. 

 This species prefers hark ill a dyinjf 

 <'o?idition. hut may hccome an impor- 

 tant auxiliary of the larch saw Hy in 

 future years, hts }u rturhntus Kiehh. 

 and//).* varlatus Kiehh. are very nhun- 

 <lant in fire areas south of Clear Inko. 

 They are found there chiefly in white 

 spruce which was hadly injunMl by 

 fire. Polytjrnphus rufipinnis Kirhy, 

 tlio spruce hark-hoetle. is eomnion 



t'verywhere m <lyin>r hark of H|»ru«f 

 larch and jack pine. Tlu-sk' .sf-- i.- 

 are able to kill weakened or r 

 trees which mijfht otherwise n>cover 

 Other spc«-ii'.s of hark-U-rilfM of JcflBior 

 interest are abundant in .!vi»i" t>'irk 

 of spruce. pin«' and land. 



Timlx-rdwetles of wvcral !iimvu«»i arr 

 plentiful T ' ' T ••,.,. 



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