The Vail Daily ran this article about aspen scale —
an urban aspen blight appearing in mountain towns:
www.vaildaily.com/article/20111008/NEWS/111009860/1078&ParentProfile=1062
Month: October 2011
SAFETY CONCERNS IN A PINE BEETLE IMPACTED FOREST
The Pueblo Chieftain this week covered safety concerns in the more than 200,000 acres affected by pine beetle in Rio Grande National Forest:http://www.chieftain.com/news/local/public-safety-among-priorities-on-beetle-plagued-forest/article_d30ec77e-f48d-11e0-b99c-001cc4c002e0.html
PRESCRIBED FIRE; A VALUABLE TOOL IN MANAGING OUR FORESTS
Northern Colorado’s Channel 5 ran this story about a prescribed burn by Larimer County and The Nature Conservancy on 21 acres of Horsetooth Mountain on Tuesday:http://www.noco5.com/story/15636904/prescribed-burn-successful-but-still-smoldering