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  • Giant whitebark pine in south central Idaho get protection from beetles

    Ralph Maughan

    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, but these giant, ancient trees have been determined to be worth it. Good news! Whitebarks in Pioneers [Pioneer Mountains] get protection from beetles. Associated Press.

  • What’s Killing the Great Forests of the American West?

    Ralph Maughan

    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 many of the forests are dead.  This is not a local problem, however, as Jim Robbins discusses in the feature article below. What’s Killing the…

  • Rethinking Mountain Pine Beetles: Wuerthner testifies to Congress

    Brian Ertz

    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 from afar perhaps a red and gray hue from within a forest canopy. Mostly, we’ve come to learn via media accounts, the words and tones…

  • Bark Beetles Kill Millions of Acres of [Pine] Trees in West

    Ralph Maughan

    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 an issue for a particular national forest or state without the recognition that pine trees (but not necessarily other kinds of conifers) are dying by…

  • British Columbia pine beetle infestation impacting salmon runs

    Ralph Maughan

    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 Colorado, Idaho, Wyoming, etc. The pine beetle infestation covers the pine forests from Alaska south to northern New Mexico. It will have varying impacts such…

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