Keywords: nature treemortality trees forest forestservice bureau of land management bureauoflandmanagement interagency fire task force interagencyfiretaskforce fire wildland wildland fire wildlandfire wildfire beetles bark beetles barkbeetles forest health foresthealth public lands publiclands yourlands outdoors recreation homes houses neighbors drought california blmcalifonia partners habitat forestry science stem outdoor plant tree landscape conifer pine pinetum Greeley Hill is another ongoing BLM fuelbreak project working to protect the adjacent community from wildfire. Recent tree mortality has made it necessary to remove even more material than originally planned. Incense-cedar is resistant to bark beetles however it is more drought sensitive than the other conifers. These trees are dying due to the lack of water. Photo by Monte Kawahara, BLM Forester. Greeley Hill is another ongoing BLM fuelbreak project working to protect the adjacent community from wildfire. Recent tree mortality has made it necessary to remove even more material than originally planned. Incense-cedar is resistant to bark beetles however it is more drought sensitive than the other conifers. These trees are dying due to the lack of water. Photo by Monte Kawahara, BLM Forester. |