Trees to receive ” ‘verbenone pouches’ that contain a synthetic pheromone to trick beetles into thinking the trees are already full of beetles”- Fighting pine bark beetles is very expensive, […]
What’s Killing the Great Forests of the American West?
Worse, die-offs are not limited to North America- Next summer will probably be a pretty bad forest fire season in the Pacific Northwest due to a dry winter, and so […]
Rethinking Mountain Pine Beetles: Wuerthner testifies to Congress
So many of us have seen the effects of Mountain Pine Beetles on forest we’ve visited here in the west ~ up close we see dead or dying trees and […]
Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of [Pine] Trees in West
Beetle kill is hardly a local issue- This is not the first I’ve posted articles about this, but it needs to repeated because of the continuing local perception that is […]
British Columbia pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs
Pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs. Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun. Just a reminder to those politicians and others who say we need a rapid plan to save the pines in […]