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Forest Service Begins Pine Beetle Response Project Up Taylor Canyon (CO)

from Crested Butte News, June 17, 2020

Forest Service Begins Pine Beetle Response Project Up Taylor Canyon (CO) Crested Butte News, June 17, 2020 In the summer of 2019, USDA Forest Service personnel identified trees in declining health near Wilder on the Taylor, a historic ranch located on more than 2,100 acres. Surveys determined that pine beetle was causing the epidemic levels of decline on both private and National Forest System lands. The primary purpose of the project is to treat the mountain pine beetle-affected stands, reduce the risk of mountain pine beetle spread and diminish the potential for catastrophic wildfires in the wildland urban interface. READ MORE

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