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pine beetle: 1 Degree Warmer Causes All This? - 01/24/09 10:24 AM
        Drought, the Pine Beetle, Wildfires, and Reduced Snow Pack  
Researchers have released the findings of a 50 year old study that claims trees throughout Western North America, from Canada down, are dying at a rate of two times the rate of 30 years ago. The reason? A ONE DEGREE rise of the average temerature in the West. ONE DEGREE! I've heard lots of talk about global warming over the past several years, and the talk is sometimes something like this: (in the midst of a sub zero Colorado day) "Global warming? You can't tell it by me!" … (12 comments)

pine beetle: What's 'Bugging' You? - 09/22/08 05:53 PM
                        
 
                                              Woodland Park - What's Bugging you?
In an article dated September 21, 2008 by R. Scott Rappold, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports that the Colorado State Forest Service office in Woodland Park has received numerous calls from people worried that the dying pine needles they see on their trees are a result of pine beetle infestation. The Colorado Forest Service assures us that what we are seeing is the annual dying of pine needles, and not the result of the voracious appetite of pine beetles.
"Many types of evergreens shed their needles in the fall, … (0 comments)

 
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