"4 states ravaged by beetles ask US for forest fire support" by Associated Press | June 17, 2009
WASHINGTON - The pine beetle problem, which hit Colorado in 1996, has spread to more than 2 million acres in the state. US Forest Service officials have predicted that by 2014, beetles will kill most of the state’s lodgepole pines, the predominant pine at high elevations.
Other severely affected states include Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming. In Canada, more than 22 million acres have been affected and scientists suspect that the death of so many trees is altering local weather and air quality.
And THAT probably has more to do with "GLOBAL WARMING" than the fart-misting carbon-tax pfffffts!
Two Colorado lawmakers also want the federal government to help create a market for products made from the dead trees.
Like the government created one for ethanol, for example?
Do a pretty good job creating markets for weapons of war, too, when you get right down to it.
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