Major increase in spruce bark beetle damage in already affected areas
A late summer swarming caused a widespread spruce bark beetle outbreak and Södra now sees a significant increase in damage. An inventory in late October shows a 25-percent increase in the volume of damaged forest compared with the inventory in late August. Removing as many infested trees as possible before the spring swarming starts is now critical.The most recent damage inventory of Södra’s 330 surveillance estates in late October shows that more than 1.4 million m³sub of spruce forest on members’ estates is spruce bark beetle-impacted. That is about 25 percent, or 300,000 m³sub, more than
