Professional registered forester Judy Thomas said 70 per cent of harvested spruce beetle stands she analyzed had only 10 per cent beetle infestation. "There was no need to salvage it, " said Thomas, who lodged a complaint with BC's Forest Practices Board. Thomas is pictured here in a Northern B.C. spruce-dominant forest. Rob Norwell Investigation findings by B.C.’s forestry watchdog avoided criticizing government or industry for beetle salvage logging practices, and missed the ‘smoke and mirrors’ math that short-changes old-growth retention targets, but were unequivocal on the need to map old growth forests and modernize biodiversity legal requirements in the Prince George timber area.