Bark beetle infestation negatively impacts French softwood market

For spruce and fir in the East part of France, there was no summer break. On the contrary, in the Jura and Vosges mountains, the health situation even worsened in early September. While the influx of dry wood due to the withering of fir continued to increase throughout the summer, the high temperatures at the end of August caused a third surge of bark beetles that descended upon spruce stands already heavily damaged since the initial attacks of 2018 and subsequent years. The recent and exacerbating issue concerns spruce, which is now being attacked by bark beetles on the ...