[PCA] NEWS: Small Beetles Massacre The Rockies' Whitebark Pines

[Olivia Kwong]

http://www.npr.org/2010/12/26/126107761/small-beetles-massacre-the-rockies-whitebark-pines?sc=fb&cc=fp

Small Beetles Massacre The Rockies' Whitebark Pines
by Elizabeth Shogren
December 26, 2010

The Whitebark pine trees in the high-elevation areas of America's Northern 
Rockies have stood for centuries. But these formerly lush evergreen 
forests are disappearing at an alarmingly fast rate; what remains are 
eerie stands of red and gray snags.

Warmer climates have sparked an outbreak of a voracious mountain pine 
beetle that is having devastating consequences for whitebarks and the 
wildlife that depend on them.

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