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Mountain Pine Beetle Battle – Bitterroot National Forest is Spraying Campgrounds

Steve Fullerton — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 08:31:22 +0000

The fight against the Mountain Pine Beetle continues on the Bitterroot National Forest - with Carbaryl spraying this month.

Tod McKay of the Bitterroot National Forest said that campgrounds on the West Fork Ranger District will be first on the schedule this year

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Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest Will Spray for Bark Beetle

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 22:54:02 +0000

A massive spraying campaign is starting up at the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, trying to get ahead of the destructive Mountain Pine Beetle.

Leona Rodreick of BDNF reports that insecticides will be applied over the next few weeks

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Bitterroot Forest Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation Increases

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:05:50 +0000

The bad news from this week's joint news release from the US Forest Service and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation - "Mountain Pine Beetle activity in the Bitterroot is increasing

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Bitterroot Forest Adds Bass Creek Logging Information Webpage

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:07:28 +0000

The 1,200 acre Larry-Bass logging and thinning project at Bass Creek will start soon.

The Bitterroot National Forest has added a webpage that will be updated regularly as work continues through the summer in the large area northwest of Stevensville that is very popular for hikers, horseback riders, mountain bikers and others

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Forest Service Study Reveals Mountain Pine Beetles on the Decline

Jon King — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 03:01:14 +0000

An unreleased USFS study on Montana's forest has some good news when it comes to western pine beetle infestation.

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Timber Cutting to Start at Bass Creek – Larry Creek Area in Bitterroot

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:50:46 +0000

A delayed logging and thinning operation at the Bitterroot National Forest's Larry and Bass Creek recreation areas will start.

Forest Supervisor Julie King said the Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company of Seeley Lake will get the timber stewardship contract at the site west of Stevensville

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Lake Como Boat Launch Will Close During Logging

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 23:14:32 +0000

The trees around Lake Como have been attacked by the Mountain Pine Beetle. Many trees have died and others are dying, causing a safety hazard for people who visit the area.

One logging operation was completed last year and another has begun to make the area safe for recreation

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More Beetle-killed Trees to be Removed at Lake Como

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:11:59 +0000

The Bitterroot National Forest is heading back to Lake Como to remove more trees that have been killed or are dying from infestations of the Mountain Pine Beetle.

Logging has been conducted over the past year, and now another project on 210 acres will remove trees from campgrounds and areas on the south and north sides of the lake

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Beetle Infested Trees Keep Campground Closed

Steve Fullerton — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:26:41 +0000

The effects of the Mountain Pine Beetle are evident.

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Boulder Creek Trail Opens for Weekend Use Only

Steve Fullerton — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:40:06 +0000

Work continues on beetle-killed timber.

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Beetle-killed Trees Are Coming Down

Steve Fullerton — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 08:58:40 +0000

A popular trailhead will be closed for a month.

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Bitterroot Forest Attacks the Pine Beetle

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 15 May 2012 23:02:27 +0000

Preventative work is underway to slow down the beetles.

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Bitterroot Forest Continues to be "Bugged"

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 17:37:37 +0000

Some bugs are past their outbreak peak; others are increasing.

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Bitterroot Forest Starts Logging Near Como

Steve Fullerton — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:43:55 +0000

210 acres killed by beetles will be involved in operation.

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Bitterroot Beetle "War" Summits Planned

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:52:11 +0000

Experts will try to help slow the spread of the pests.

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Sula "Standing Dead" Beetle-killed Trees Removal Underway

Steve Fullerton — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:37:00 +0000

Forest Service is making campgrounds safe from hazards.

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Beetle-Kill Logging Planned

Steve Fullerton — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:28:49 +0000

The Pintler Ranger District of the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest is continuing some travel interruptions due to logging south of Philipsburg at Georgetown Lake.
The trees were killed by the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB), who's populations have exploded throughout Northwest forests recently

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Bitterroot Forest Removes Dead Trees

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:25:54 +0000

The Mountain Pine Beetle is a killer. The Bitterroot National Forest has noted a 6-fold increase in lodgepole pine trees killed by the beetle since 2009.
Some of the trees are in campgrounds and recreation areas

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Forest Service Proposes Ski Area Timber Salvage

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:25:43 +0000

The mountain pine beetle strikes again.

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Big Hole Campgrounds to Be Sprayed for Beetles

Steve Fullerton — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 00:21:20 +0000

The threat of the Mountain Pine Beetle is real.
Trying to get ahead of the forest-killing insect, the Bureau of Land Management will temporarily close three camping areas in the Big Hole so the pesticide Carbaryl can be sprayed on the trees

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