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Beetles take big bite out of forests ( 43 percent infested )
Rocky Mountain News ^
| November 29, 2006
| Jim Erickson
Posted on 11/29/2006 10:24:12 AM PST by george76
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Choices : Logging or fire.
Your choice ?
.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:24:16 AM PST
by
george76
To: george76
I'm told that spraying with DDT works against this beetle.
To: SierraWasp
Number of Colorado lodgepole pine trees killed by mountain pine beetles
4.8 million in 2006
1 million in 2005
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:26:11 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:27:10 AM PST
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: jan in Colorado; Carry_Okie
Colorado lodgepole pine acres under attack by mountain pine beetles
644,840 in 2006
430,526 in 2005
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:27:21 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
Must be Norwegian Wood...
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:28:03 AM PST
by
Junior
(Losing faith in humanity one person at a time.)
To: george76
Let me be the first:
Bush's Fault
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:28:15 AM PST
by
Mad Dawg
(Now we are all Massoud)
To: george76
Bark Beetles mean one thing--the forest is too dense. Too many trees per acre leads to not enough water per tree. The dryer and more densely packed trees are then more susceptible to the beetle.
Thinning (logging) is the most logical and simple solution.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:28:20 AM PST
by
rottndog
(WOOF!!!)
To: george76
My father in law worked in the SC parks department for years and the treatment for beetle infestations was to cut and burn the infected trees and a cordon around the infected area. That stopped the spread. Unfortunately that's not the PC answer so we'll continue to see deforestation.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:28:28 AM PST
by
saganite
(Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: taxcontrol
Yep, ddt also works on West Nile Virus carrying mosquitos.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:28:49 AM PST
by
Tarpon
To: taxcontrol
Apparently if one tents an individual tree, chemicals can be helpful.
But it is very expensive and labor intensive.
and there are millions of infected trees.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:29:27 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: Baynative
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:31:24 AM PST
by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: george76
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:34:11 AM PST
by
pax_et_bonum
(I will always love you, Flyer.)
To: george76
We obviously need more woodpeckers:
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:35:47 AM PST
by
capt. norm
(Liberalism = cowardice disguised as tolerance.)
To: george76
Doesn't nature know best? Let nature take its course. Isn't that always the best thing to do? Those poor bugs deserve to live on this planet also. /s
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:36:10 AM PST
by
Citizen Tom Paine
(An old sailor sends we need a 800 ship Navy.)
To: george76
No no no.
Acid rain and global warming kills the innocent old growth trees.
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:38:45 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: george76
you mean we can't eat natural foods?
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posted on
11/29/2006 10:38:53 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
To: camle
Does that mean they are getting together again?
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posted on
11/29/2006 11:00:47 AM PST
by
deathrace2000
(AP Photo shows Iran’s new President as 1979 US hostage-taker)
To: deathrace2000
gots two more to die off first...
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posted on
11/29/2006 11:16:16 AM PST
by
camle
(keep your mind open and somebody will fill it full of something for you)
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