Deforestation of the British Columbia Pine due to Pine Beetle infection

Observation by Eric Low:

While traveling through the Bowron Lake provincial park circuit, it was observed that there has been minimal vegetation regrowth along the alpine elevation of the surrounding mountains of the lake circuit with many free standing pine trees that were decomposing. Since the pine beetle infestation during the 1980's much of the alpine vegetation as yet to return, resulting in the areas looking bare and uncultivated.