All forest health factors detected through aerial surveys by region. Data is the number of hectares affected (all severity classes combined)
Pest damage by year
Mountain Pine Beetle (IBM)
4,711
6,184
6,228
5,746
17,457
32,275
38,743
Spruce Beetle (IBS)
344
152
447
130
1,429
2,933
1,718
Western Balsam Bark Beetle (IBB)
8,222
8,939
6,903
4,012
17,138
19,237
15,097
Douglas-fir Beetle (IBD)
22,308
679
1,463
789
543
769
3,135
Engraver Beetles (IBI)
414
4
6
1
456
0
Western Pine Beetle (IBW)
Total Bark Beetles
35,999
15,958
15,048
10,678
36,573
55,670
58,572
Disturbance Type (Pest Code)
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
Defoliators (ID)
627
Western Blackheaded Budworm (IDH)
2-Year Budworm (IDB)
110,520
59,828
20,982
145196
18,071
Spruce Budworm (IDE)
Western Hemlock Looper (IDL)
31,681
Conifer Sawflies (IDS)
Northern Tent Caterpillar (IDK)
27
Forest Tent Caterpillar (IDF)
55,228
47,200
2,489
1,094
702
Western Spruce Budworm (IDW)
5,500
205,151
42,070
930
Birch Leaf Miner (IDN)
169
Satin Moth (IDU)
Green Spruce Aphid (IAS)
Pine needle sheathminer (IDI)
221
Total Defoliators
165,748
67,817
227,227
187,266
20,330
32,098
Fire (NB)
46
Windthrow (NW)
3
151
1,191
1,645
696
108
194
Drought (ND)
Flooding (NF)
41
642
419
707
1,077
556
537
Red Belt (NR)
9,748
Shoot/Bud Frost Kill (NGK)
104
Total Abiotics
44
793
1,610
12,100
1,773
664
881
Pine Needle Cast (DFL)
495,300
556,000
895,601
162,264
138
43
Armillaria Root Disease (DRA)
not recorded
172
Lodgepole Pine Dwarf Mistletoe (DMP)
White Pine Blister Rust (DSB)
Larch Needle Cast (DFH)
Total Diseases
Bear (AB)
Porcupine (AP)
Deer (AD)
Total Animals
Total other
495,344
556,793
897,211
174,364
1,945
802
924
Total Year
697,091
619,951
980,076
412,269
225,784
76,802
91,595