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mountain grammy

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6. Excellent article..

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sun Feb 21, 2016, 01:56 PM

Feb 2016

I've been living on the west side of Rocky Mtn National Park since 1995 and have watched this happen before my eyes. Drought followed by several mild winters, and here we are. It's absolutely devastating, and yet, even here we have climate change deniers. I remember one guy saying the beetles were spread when people burned infested wood in campfires. Super beetle, survives fire!

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The Beetles: Eighty-Nine Million Acres of Abrupt Climate Change [View all] marmar Feb 2016 OP

and then....the fires come islandmkl Feb 2016 #1

My first thought looking at that picture: look at all that dry tinder. n/t Binkie The Clown Feb 2016 #3

Very good article. 2naSalit Feb 2016 #2

We've seen this, and it's Bigmack Feb 2016 #4

Emerald Ash Borer, and Asian Longhorn beetle among others killing trees here in Ohio mackdaddy Feb 2016 #5

Excellent article.. mountain grammy Feb 2016 #6