At the moment, it does seem to be slowing down. We definitely have slowed it, certainly since 2001. We've definitely seen a fairly steep decrease in the spread rates heading east as those beetles move through this section along the leading edge. There are also lower pine volumes, which helps. There are just fewer trees available, so right now that seems to be helping to contain it a bit. Once they get further east into Saskatchewan, the pine volumes increase.
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