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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/pine_beetles_infest_2.7m_acres_of_montana_forest/15518/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: GREAT FALLS – The number of acres of pine forest in Montana infested with the mountain pine beetle nearly doubled in 2009, but a forester says the epidemic is losing steam in some areas. Pine beetles had infested 1.2 million acres of forest in 2008 and 2.7 million acres in 2009, based on aerial surveys.