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Commissioners discuss pine beetle infestation
5 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.. 16, 2008
As a mountain pine beetle infestation devastates portions of the Fremont-Winema National Forest, federal forest officials say they are working to address the problem.
Proposed projects on more than 40,000 acres of affected land, protective measures for forest roads and meetings with potential partners for future efforts were among the points discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Klamath County Board of Commissioners. But commissioners were less than pleased and criticized the federal government’s lack of concern for federal forests in Klamath and Lake counties. “The wind is coming and we’ve got an eye dropper,” said Commissioner Al Switzer.
About 340,000 acres of the Fremont-Winema and private lands in the region are infected with the insect, which primarily attacks lodgepole pine. The infestation has left as many as 50 trees or more dead per acre in the areas around Camel and Deadhorse Lakes and the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness. Read the full story in Wednesday's Herald and News.
As a mountain pine beetle infestation devastates portions of the Fremont-Winema National Forest, federal forest officials say they are working to address the problem.
Proposed projects on more than 40,000 acres of affected land, protective measures for forest roads and meetings with potential partners for future efforts were among the points discussed at Tuesday’s meeting of the Klamath County Board of Commissioners. But commissioners were less than pleased and criticized the federal government’s lack of concern for federal forests in Klamath and Lake counties. “The wind is coming and we’ve got an eye dropper,” said Commissioner Al Switzer.
About 340,000 acres of the Fremont-Winema and private lands in the region are infected with the insect, which primarily attacks lodgepole pine. The infestation has left as many as 50 trees or more dead per acre in the areas around Camel and Deadhorse Lakes and the Gearhart Mountain Wilderness. Read the full story in Wednesday's Herald and News.
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