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Big Trees, Bark Beetles, Goshawks & Timber

From the Rocky Mountain Research Station:

Throughout the Rocky Mountains over the last century, large ponderosa pine trees provided lumber for growing cities and towns, along with fuel and timber for the mining and railroad industries.

Most of these forests are now occupied by dense young and mid-aged forests highly susceptible to being killed by bark beetles and burned by wildfires. These conditions have been exacerbated by fire suppression and urban encroachment. As a result, knowledge is needed to inform management actions directed at restoring and conserving ponderosa pine forests.

Read the brief here!

Posted by:
Gloria Edwards
Published on:
May 6, 2020

Categories: Publication, Research Brief/SynthesisTags: bark beetles, forest fire, forest resiliency, Forest Restoration, ponderosa pine, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Rocky Mountains, tree mortality, wildfire

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