More storm felled timber than expected still remains in the forest after the storms in Southern Sweden. Furthermore, several areas with storm felled timber are small and widely spread, which makes processing even more difficult. This is the conclusion of a helicopter inventory made by the Swedish Forest Agency.

The inventory showed more than 5,900 areas with fallen timber where more than 70 % of the areas cover less than 50 m3. The widely spread windfalls are more numerous than expected which may render it even more difficult for forest management to process the fallen timber before the end of June.
 The damage caused by the storm Per seems to be more extensive than indicated by the first inventory made immediately after the storm. Circa 16 million m3 may have been damaged in the January storm. The fallen trees, which have not yet been processed, constitute excellent breeding ground for the bark beetle.
Ms Johanna From, responsible manager of the project "Spruce Bark Beetle and Storm 2007", says that the volume of remaining timber, in combination with the bark beetle's early swarming, makes the timetable for timber processing even tighter, if forest owners are to avoid massive attacks in the future. It is extremely important not to fell standing timber, which has not been attacked. The priority must be the processing and removal of fresh storm felled spruce.