Mountain pine beetles up the threat to region’s forests and urban trees

Posted by on Nov 24, 2008 in Forestry, News | 1 comment Gail Durham, Nevada Division of Forestry, shows bark beetle damage on a pine tree. Forestry officials recommend steps for storing firewood in order to avoid infestations View a slideshow here. CARSON CITY, Nev. — Sierra Nevada forests are approaching what could become an epidemic of pine beetle infestations. Swaths of forests in the Western U.S. and Canada have been decimated by the...
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