In many areas where the bark beetle is prominent there are advertisements just like this one, that shows the dangers of bark beetles and wild fire. Bark beetles may seem like a completely different entity since they do not start fires obviously but they do provide an important part of fire in the fire triangle, and that is fuels. Bark beetles have the ability to kill large amounts of trees creating a large stock pile of fuels.Once ignited, this is where we end up with high intensity/severity f
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Prepare for attack of the bark beetle!!!
In many areas where the bark beetle is prominent there are advertisements just like this one, that shows the dangers of bark beetles and wild fire. Bark beetles may seem like a completely different entity since they do not start fires obviously but they do provide an important part of fire in the fire triangle, and that is fuels. Bark beetles have the ability to kill large amounts of trees creating a large stock pile of fuels.Once ignited, this is where we end up with high intensity/severity f
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I didn't even think to consider insects as an invasive species that can lead to increased fire occurrences. Good point!
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