Sep 13, 2008 4:04 pm US/Mountain
Bark Beetles Found In Fort Collins
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) ―
Bark beetles that have killed millions of acres of lodgepole pines throughout the West have been found in pines in Fort Collins.
Experts haven't determined how the beetles jumped from the Continental Divide around Cameron Pass and Rocky Mountain National Park to the city, apparently without harming pines in the Poudre Canyon. Beetles can typically fly up to a mile.
City forester Tim Buchanan says beetles have attacked mostly nonnative Scotch pine and some native ponderosa pines.
Buchanan said the beetles will not spread any more this year because beetles are no longer flying from tree to tree.
The city forestry staff and forest entomologists will monitor trees over the coming months to determine the scale of the threat.
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