Work of the pine beetle
Work of the pine beetle
Death of a Forest: Colorado State Forest, north park
Sunday, November 23, 2008
No, the orange trees are not Fall Colors in Colorado. Rather the work of the work of the Rocky Mountain Pine Beetle at Michigan Lake in the Colorado State Forest near North Park. Marching across the backside of the Front Range like Poe’s Conqueror Worm........Last Fall this was still 90% green living trees; now it is >90% dead, and one lightening strike or careless campfire away from total disaster.