Alta. to burn mountain valleys to stop pine beetle

"You skip right over those mountains there and 'Pow,' you're in beetle country."

The tiny and determined pine beetle wants to get into southern Alberta's Rocky Mountain forests badly and the province is preparing to torch valleys to stop it. via CTV.ca

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