This folder contains bark beetle hazard data for Mountain Pine, Spruce and Douglas-fir bark beetle.

The folder structure is as follows

A documentation

Three regional folders, rco, rsi & rni (for the coast, southern, and northern interior respectively)

Within each regional folder is a series of TSA folder (eg. Beetle_Hazard_Rating_Data_TSA_01_Arrow)

The contents of each TSA folder is as follows:

1.  Three layer files, one for each bark beetle hazard rating dataset.
	-2013 TSA 01 (Arrow) DFB Hazard Rating.lyr
	-2013 TSA 01 (Arrow) MBP Hazard Rating.lyr
	-2013 TSA 01 (Arrow) SB Hazard Rating.lyr

2.  A file geodatabase containing VRI and hazard model data (viewable in ArcCatalog or ArcMap)
	Beetle_hazard_Rating_TSA_01.gdb

3.  A series of quality assurance (QA) files summarising basic statistics for the important hazard model values.
	DFB_Beetle_Hazard_QA_Report.txt
	MPB_Beetle_Hazard_QA_Report.txt
	SB_Beetle_Hazard_QA_Report.txt


For further information contact:
   Kevin Buxton
   Forest Health Specialist
   Ministry of Forests Lands and Natural Resource Operations
   Thompson Okanagan Region
   Kamloops B.C. 250-828-4196
   Kevin.Buxton@gov.bc.ca