Dead Pine Trees Colorado. Chemical prevention is effective but too costly for large scale use. Overall colorado s forests have seen a 30 percent increase in dead trees in the last seven years for a total of around 834 million trees.
The pine beetle epidemic began in 1996 and peaked in 2008 slowly tapering off as the beetles ran out of mature pine trees to infect. Dead trees increase the incidence of wildfires and may. Dead and dying pine trees infested by mountain pine beetles in a forest near whitecourt alberta canada on june 4 2015.
Colorado s forests are a living graveyard where 834 million dead linger among the survivors.
The pine beetle epidemic began in 1996 and peaked in 2008 slowly tapering off as the beetles ran out of mature pine trees to infect. Dead trees increase the incidence of wildfires and may. Dead and dying pine trees infested by mountain pine beetles in a forest near whitecourt alberta canada on june 4 2015. Death s growing share makes up 1 in 15 standing trees on colorado s 24 4 million forested acres.
