This topic is not new here, but what about all those who blame the govmint?
Pine forests, especially lodgepole pine and whitebark pine are being killed by bark beetles at an incredible rate from the Yukon (that is not in the USA) to Mexico (not America either). There is controversy among scientists why the beetles […]
Continue Reading →The most abundant of all Western pine falls at astounding rate-
Every Western pine from the Yukon to New Mexico is suffering high mortality from unusually severe attack by native insects, diseases and direct mortality from drought and heat. Lodgepole pine, which often grows in vast almost monocultural stands, is dying too. Almost anyone who […]
Continue Reading →Critical pine in grizzly nutrition is in steep decline. May get endangered listing-
Whitebark pine is in dire straights and it may well get on the endangered species list, but what then? How do you save a tree so beset with disease and insect attacks with an ESA listing?
Story in the LA Times. Continue Reading →
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