[Vision2020] Question about forest health- Plummer, ID

[Lynn McCollough]

These trees run from right at roadside to some distance (one mile?)
away from the pavement of US 95. The age range is from very young, 6'
tall, to what I would guess as several decades, 40'-80' tall. Much of
the mixed evergreen forest there looks very crowded.

My initial response to their appearance was "pine bark beetles", but I
am asking because the actual pines do not seem impacted. It is the
firs, hemlocks, etc. and not the pines that are all dying. But the
common name of the beetle may simply refer to evergreens, and not
pines.
Was in Colorado a couple years ago, and just returned from Montana. I
am now expecting some horrific fires in a wide range of the west, as
our hills and mountain ranges fill with dead, dry standing trees.
Alas. THAT will be a carbon footprint.

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
> Questions:
> How close to US95 are these trees?
> What are the estimated ages of these dying trees?
> Depending upon the responses to these questions, I may have a couple
> follow-up questions.
> Thanks for bringing this up, Ms. McCollough.
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
> change and the Realist adjusts his sails."
> - Unknown
>
> On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:02, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I was wondering that, too.  I noticed it on Sunday.  Lots of branches have
> died and turned brown on a lot of the trees along the road there.
> I'm curious to find out what's happening, too.
> Paul
>
> ________________________________
> From: Lynn McCollough <lmccollough at gmail.com>
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:31 PM
> Subject: [Vision2020] Question about forest health- Plummer, ID
>
> Does anyone know what is happening to the trees both north and south
> of Plummer along US 95? They appear quite diseased and/or dying,
> except for the Ponderosa Pines, which look healthy and verdant among
> the dying firs and hemlocks.
> (Sorry if I broke a rule because this is not about Moscow.)
> Thanks all.
>
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