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The pages of this section describe the conception and evolution of the Spruce Bark Beetle program and its role in mitigating hazards related to the recent spruce bark beetle outbreak on the Kenai Peninsula. Use the tabs above to learn more about our role.
Congressional staff members meet with KPB, State of Alaska, and US Forest Service personnel to view fuel reduction projects on the Kenai Peninsula
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Pine, larch and spruce provenance trials were established on five KPB timber sales to test superior seedlings for planting on the Kenai Peninsula.
SBB booth at the 2006 Homer Health Fair.
Residents of Kalifornsky, Kasilof, Cohoe and Clam Gulch and public representatives meet to develop a Community Wildfire Protection Plan.
SBB contractor Steve Knight prepares to fall a beetle-infested tree in the Holt Lamplight area.
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Representatives from federal, state, Native, borough and private agencies meet at All Lands / All Hands committee meetings to discuss mitigation of hazards related to the spruce bark beetle outbreak.
Kenai Peninsula Borough
Spruce Bark Beetle Mitigation Program
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SBB-sponsored firefighters remove hazard trees from the Johnson Lake campground.
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