"Our phones are blowing up," said Mark Martin, assistant forest health coordinator for the agency. US officials warn the Southern pine beetle could hugely impact Alabama 's $11bn wood products industry 1999 . The fear stems from a huge number of trees being left stressed from 1999 record droughts and drought-stressed trees do not make as much of the sap that is their primary defence against the beetles. Foresters fear the US could be heading down the same path as the devastating outbreak that begin in 1999 in Alabama and led to more than $1 billion in timber losses. They are already seeing signs of increased activity by the beetles. Normally evidence of beetle damage does not emerge until 1999 .
US officials warn the Southern pine beetle could hugely impact Alabama 's $11bn wood products industry 1999 . The fear stems from a huge number of trees being left stressed from 1999 record droughts and drought-stressed trees do not make as much of the sap that is their primary defence against the beetles. Foresters fear the US could be heading down the same path as the devastating outbreak that begin in 1999 in Alabama and led to more than $1 billion in timber losses. They are already seeing signs of increased activity by the beetles. Normally evidence of beetle damage does not emerge until 1999 .