Blister Root...Bark Beetles...These are the pests that we've been dealing with up at the ranch for the better part of two decades. Most of the Lodgepole are gone. As well as the mature Bull Pines. Even after selectively harvesting over 100,000 board feet of timber to save the healthy trees, the bugs don't give up and we lost three of the remaining bull pine last summer.
More here on what a serious threat this is....
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/30/science/30bear.html?th&emc=th
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