B.C.'s 2018 wildfires fuelled by forests ravaged by pine beetles a decade ago

Clearing or burning beetle ravaged forests may be costly but could mitigate against the kind of massive wildfires that have been seen in British Columbia the last two summers, say researchers.
They say a large proportion of the forests that burned this year were affected by the mountain pine beetle about a decade ago.
The mountain pine beetle epidemic affected more than 180,000 square kilometres. By comparison, the wildfires burned about 12,000 square kilometres last year and 13,000 square kilom