Report: Beetles on track to kill lodgepole forests in 3-5 years

Denver Post ^ | 14 jan 08

[mrmargaritaville]

yoko ono or yoko romo?

[Red Boots]

But lets NOT log them and make some use of them, plus stopping the beetle infestation. Let them die and become kindling for the next lightning strike.

. The Forest Service did actually put out a bid for loggers to harvest dead trees in Summit County, but there were no takers. The reason: excessive regulations had closed all the sawmills in Colorado, and the amount of money the forest service offered wasn't enough to transport the logs all the way to Utah and still make a profit.

[Publius Valerius]

The state is telling people

In Ohio, there is no ask. It's illegal to move firewood between counties. $4,000 fine.

[8mmMauser]

I think yoko ono means one egg, but in France that is an oeuf.

[MarineBrat]

Essentially the same could be said of any publisher of any kind.

But probably not by their founders.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/10/18/wikipedia_quality_problem/

[Vince Ferrer]

Just wondering if there’s any commercial use for them or if they have to be destroyed completely to stop the spread.

There is starting to be. They are being used to grind up into wood pellets for stoves. This is one of the very few things they are useful for.

[Bear_Slayer]

I have no idea if they/re still the same.

I understand that the US government assisted some in the 3rd reich to come to the US. Whether those were war criminals is a whole nuther argument.

[Bear_Slayer]

As far as the Aryan thought-process goes, it has only been used on insects.

[girlangler]

I believe it is Grammy. We have had huge areas in east Tennessee where the pines have been hit hard by beetles.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Their destruction of forests will prematurely release lots of CO2."

Only if the trees are allowed to burn or rot. If they're cut down and turned into lumber and paper, the CO2 won't be released (for a very long time, if ever), and, in addition, if new trees are planted in the same areas, even MORE CO2 will be taken up than the entire older forest (young, growing trees take up far more CO2 than mature forest trees).

[Wonder Warthog]

"As for Bayer's origin, sure it's a fact. But I don't think that represents them today whatsoever."

Actually, Bayer's origin had nothing whatsoever to do with Nazis---the company was founded in 1862. "National Socialism" didn't exist.

[ZULU]

Great news. More destruction of our native trees - the Chestnut blight, the Dutch Elm disease, the Hemlock parasites, those damn Asian long-horned beetles, now this.

[businessprofessor]

Do you think the environmentalists will allow the trees to be used for something useful? With the CO2 hysteria, perhaps the left and their rat allies can be persuaded to harvest the infested trees. Given past restrictions, I am not optimistic.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Given past restrictions, I am not optimistic."

Unfortunately, I can't disagree. One would hope that the continuing track record of negative facts about knee-jerk "eco" policies would eventually get through to those people who are "not" knee-jerk eco-freaks.

I mean, if the trees are dead, why not cut them down and use them, and plant new resistant trees in their place?? A perfectly sane, rational policy. To instead allow the dead trees to stand until, inevitably, they catch fire is simply stupid.