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In the News Senator praises Smuggler beetle work during visit Andrew Travers | 7/26/10 Read article>> Sen. Udall to visit Aspen's Smuggler Mtn AT Staff Report | 7/21/10 Read article>> Helicopter ops on Smuggler this week Andrew Travers | 6/14/10 Read article>> Steamboat woodworkers rescue beetle-killed pine Mike Lawrence | 6/13/10 Read article>> Beetle kill to topple 100,000 trees a day Dennis Webb | 4/21/10 Read article>> Pitkin County gives nod to Smuggler beetle plan Janet Urquhart | 4/20/10 Read article>> Strategy Offers Hope in Beetle Battle David Frey | 3/15/10 Read article>> What's Killing the Great Forests of the American West? Jim Robbins | 3/15/10 Read article>> Study finds Smuggler beetle battle effective | Aspen Daily News | 3/15/10 Read article>> USDA Forest Service Research & Development Highlights 2008-2009 01/10 Read document>> Beetle project near Aspen a success Aspen Times | 12/18/09 Read article>> Governor: Efforts like Aspen's vital in pine beetle battle Aspen Times | 12/18/09 Read article>> Ritter touts new funds for beetle fight,says saving forests will create jobs Aspen Daily News | 12/18/09 Read article>> Forest Service taps For The Forest for Hunter Creek trail protection New public-private partnership designed to keep public access safe Read press release>> Hazard Trees in Hunter Creek to be Focus of Forest Project Aspen Times | 12/9/09 Read article>> New partnership to maintain Hunter Creek area trails Aspen Daily News | 12/09/09 Read article>> Aspen symposium to put focus on forest health Aspen Times | 12/4/09 Read article>> Beetles: The Big Picture Aspen Daily News | 12/5/09 Read article>> Bark Beetle Infestation Offers Warning on Delicate Workings of Climate Disruption Read article>> |
Events SATURDAY: Udall to Recognize Collaborative Efforts in Pitkin County to Fight Bark Beetle Epidemic on Smuggler Mountain Local groups add U.S. Forest Service to coalition addressing bark beetle outbreak What: Senator Udall will join local groups fighting the bark beetle epidemic. ---------------------------------When: Saturday, July 24, 2010, 4:00 p.m. MDT Where: Smuggler Mountain Trail Platform Area, near downtown Aspen, Pitkin County ANNOUNCEMENT: Smuggler Mountain forestry work will continue, though no more closures will occur. Users should expect minor delays along roads and trails for the next 2-3 weeks due to heavy equipment work. --------------------------------- Place-Based Strategies: Pine Beetles & Forest Health - A Best Practices Symposium - December 17, 2009 Highlights Video: (Highlights, 15 minutes) Video and Photo's courtesy: Colorado Division of Wildlife, EcoFlight, Grassroots TV, & Jonathan Kloberdanz. For the speaker list, click here. For the agenda, click here. To watch the full symposium, click on the links below. It is 6 hours in total, broken into three 2 hour segments. Watch Video Part 1>> Watch Video Part 2>> Watch Video Part 3>> VERBENONE WORKSHOP VIDEO - June 11, 2009 You can view a taped version of the FTF Verbenone workshop from June 11, 2009 at Carbondale Town Hall Click here to watch the video>> (To view the video you need either windows media player or flip for mac) |
Quick Links SIGN UP FOR SUMMER 2010 FOREST EDUCATION CLASSES! For The Forest in partnership with ACES is hosting a range of fun and interesting forest education classes. Click Here for details>> FOLLOW FOR THE FOREST ON TWITTER! Get updates and links to the leading science on forest health. For The Forest on twitter SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN PROJECT FINAL REPORT Click here>> LEARN ABOUT THE SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN PROJECT FAQ to bring you up to speed with what happened on Smuggler Mountain. Click here >> GET VERBENONE TO TREAT YOUR TREES, LEARN HOW TO USE IT Find out where you can buy Verbenone in the Roaring Fork Valley, and how to apply it to protect your trees from the mountian pine beetle. Click here to learn more about Verbenone>> "A CALL TO ACTION" View the 2009 short documentary about the mountain pine beetle epidemic by Emmy award winning filmmaker, Greg Poschman. Narrated by Olympic medalist Chris Klug, the film details the consequences of living close to forests infected by pine beetle and an outline of what residents can do. Click here to view the film >> THE MERRITT EXPERIENCE Learn about Merritt, British Columbia, a small town that was successful in saving their trees from mountain pine beetle devastation with a forest management plan. Click here to view the Merritt Experience>> ANIMATED BEETLE KILL MAP View a Colorado State map to see how the mountain pine beetle infestation has been progressing Click here to view the map>> GET INVOLVED with For The Forest. Act now >> SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE FOR THE FOREST E-UPDATE Subscribe for a monthly digest of news and reports from For The Forest. Act now >> |