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Tree Farmer Alert |
Saturday, February 1, 2014 |
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Larimer County Tree Farmers Winter Meeting - Thursday, February 6__________________________ 2013 Forest health Aerial Survey ResultsThe mountain pine beetle affected area in Colorado expanded by 8,000 acres compared to an increase of 31,000 acres in 2012. In southern Colorado’s Forests, the spruce beetle epidemic continued to expand, impacting many thousands of acres. __________________________ Beetle kill forests' uncertain future after the epidemicContributed by Carol Dollard What happens to the beetle kill forests now? RMNP will allow the forests to regenerate without human intervention, with the exception of ‘hazard’ trees. The Forest Service, along with Colorado State University, however, plans to cut and remove beetle kill trees to fuel a bioenergy program, utilizing a resource not usually worth the expense to harvest. Read full article written by _____________________ Do Bark Beetles Freeze?Contributed by Paul Patterson
Read full article written by Laura Lundquist _______________________ Before the U.S. Supreme CourtContributed by Marilynn Bunch New policies of keeping everything off of the forest and not managing our timber is not only devastating our forests, but our economy.
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