A remember a few years ago when I was looking for something on the internet and one of the search results said 600 million trees dead in Colorado. It was only a small percentage of the trees in Colorado, so I figured it wasnt a big deal. But the tree die-off rates appear to be increasing and one must wonder how long will this shit be sustainable? And when I recall the fact that I was seaching for information on tree die-off in California, Im reminded this is not an isolated trend. I dont know a lot but Im pretty sure trees are important.
So now Im surfing the web and see the Colorado dead tree count is now up to 834 million!
https://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/15/dead-trees-colorado-forests/
do you live in colorado?
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No I dont but it seems this would have had a little more national coverage. i see it was covered in U.S. News but not on my local t.v. news
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you would think they might have covered the raging wildfires this summer too. imho a lot of ecological things arent making the news because someone doesnt want it to be a topic of discussion. Instead we are hearing that the American dream is alive and well...
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There have been lots of fires in the past few years.
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With that many standing dead trees, fires caused by lightning strikes have to be more likely
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Do you have statistics with previous years ?
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There was a separate article talking about tree die off a few years ago that had some discussion about the rate at which the trees were dying. The articles I was reading the other day was focused on how the dead trees are fire hazards. Its nearly 8000 acres killed by beetles!
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