<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Questions: </div><div><br></div><div>How close to US95 are these trees?</div><div><br></div><div>What are the estimated ages of these dying trees?</div><div><br></div><div>Depending upon the responses to these questions, I may have a couple follow-up questions.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for bringing this up, Ms. McCollough.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Tom Hansen</div><div>Moscow, Idaho</div><div> </div><div>"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); ">and the Realist adjusts his sails."</span></div><div><br></div><div>- Unknown</div><div><br></div></div><div><br>On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:02, Paul Rumelhart <<a href="mailto:godshatter@yahoo.com">godshatter@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>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.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>I'm curious to find out what's happening, too.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Paul<br></span></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font face="Arial" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Lynn McCollough <<a href="mailto:lmccollough@gmail.com">lmccollough@gmail.com</a>><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, July 24, 2011 2:31 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Vision2020] Question about forest health- Plummer, ID<br></font><br>Does anyone know what is happening to the trees both north and south<br>of Plummer along US 95? They appear quite diseased and/or dying,<br>except for the Ponderosa Pines, which look healthy and verdant among<br>the dying firs and hemlocks.<br>(Sorry if I broke a rule because this is not about Moscow.)<br>Thanks all.<br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a></a> <br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a><br>=======================================================<br><br><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet, </span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. </span><br><span> <a href="http://www.fsr.net">http://www.fsr.net</a> </span><br><span> <a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com"><a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com">mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</a></a></span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>