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Sen. Udall seeks money for bark beetle mitigation
March 26, 2011 12:36 PM
DENVER (AP) - U.S. Sen. Mark Udall is urging federal officials to fund efforts to mitigate the effects of bark beetles in Colorado and other Western states. Bark beetles have killed 4 million acres of forests in Colorado and Wyoming, and Udall says he's growing more concerned about the... more » -
Frigid weather likely won't ice bark beetles
February 4, 2011 7:26 AM
GRAND JUNCTION (AP)-Anyone hoping that sub-zero temperatures have put Colorado's pine beetle infestation on ice is likely to be disappointed: federal officials say it would take about a week of frigid weather to kill the bugs. The beetles become hardier during winter, Bob Cain, a U.S. Forest Service entomologist... more » -
Timber mill seen as key to tackling beetle woes
October 8, 2010 8:27 AM
Colorado natural resource managers are joining forces to urge federal support to keep a financially struggling timber mill going so there's a place to take beetle-infested trees that are cut down. Trees are being logged in Colorado to blunt the effects of a bark-beetle outbreak that has killed more... more » -
Beetle-infested trees removed in Colorado
September 22, 2010 8:56 AM
The U.S. Forest Service has begun cutting down beetle-infested trees in the Silverthorne area. Crews with chain saws moved into the area Monday and Forest Service officials say the work will continue indefinitely depending on firefighters' availability. The tiny beetles that burrow under the bark of pine trees... more » -
Forest Service maps out plan of attack on beetles
September 8, 2010 9:05 AM
The U.S. Forest Service will cut more than 14,000 acres of trees near communities and in more than 350 recreation sites as it deals with damage from an insect epidemic that has killed millions of acres of pines in Colorado and Wyoming. The agency has mapped out the projects... more » -
Beetle mitigation projects under way in Colorado
August 6, 2010 8:23 AM
Gov. Bill Ritter says the U.S. Forest Service is undertaking projects in the Routt, White River, and Arapaho and Roosevelt national forests to mitigate dangers from trees killed by pine beetles, but help from the private sector is still needed. Ritter and Colorado's senators spoke with Agriculture Secretary Tom... more » -
Colorado school tests fuel made from beetle-kill trees
April 27, 2010 11:02 AM
Colorado State University is getting ready to test a California company's technology that converts trees killed by bark beetles into fuel for cars. CSU's Engines and Energy Conversion Lab will measure the power and pollution from the fuel developed by Cobalt Technologies Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. Cobalt's process turns... more » -
Colorado getting $30 million for bark-beetle epidemic
February 8, 2010 6:24 PM
U.S. Forest Service officials in Colorado are getting $30 million to deal with the aftermath of the bark-beetle epidemic that have killed about 3.6 million pine trees in the state and southern Wyoming. U.S. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet said Monday the funds are a sign federal officials... more » -
Conservationist: Colorado sees climate change effects
February 8, 2010 10:00 AM
The head of one of the country's largest conservation groups is warning that Colorado is in the "bull's eye of climate change" and says the state's hunters and anglers are seeing firsthand the effects of warmer temperatures. National Wildlife Federation President Larry Schweiger says the bark beetle infestation that has... more » -
Feds announce $40 million to battle bark beetles
December 8, 2009 11:28 AM
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack says the U.S. Forest Service is funneling an additional $40 million to Rocky Mountain states to address the effects of a bark beetle infestation that has killed millions of acres of trees. Vilsack said Tuesday that the focus will be the most severely affected states: Colorado,... more »
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