[Flycatcher]

“I just don’t think anybody thought it would get like this,” Arington said. “It seemed like all of the sudden, everything was gone.”

I don't believe that for a minute. Any competent ranger would IMMEDIATELY know and recognize a bark beetle infestation -- on the first few trees even.

My hunch is that the radical environmentalists got involved and delayed the spraying project. Now it's nearly too late.

Green kills.

[george76]

This beetle infestation has been arriving for a long time.

Very few competent rangers left.

Many untrained PETA eco-weenies looking for an easy taxpayer pay check.