Not to take over the thread, but here in California, and in particular in SoCal, there are hundreds of thousands of acres of timber that are infested with the bark beatle. Some of the same crap that is happening elsewhere is also happening here as far as activists. The best thing is fire to kill the bugs, and then harvest the trees is there not to far gone. Sorry if I jacked the thread, but there are times to harvest.......
Here is a link to some more information.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1201182/posts