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His studies in lodgepole forests in Utah and Idaho found that there is a relatively short-lived increase in the potential for surface fires when dying needles that have not yet lost all their resins pile up on the ground.

Study: Beetle invasions dampen, not intensify, wildfire risk Bettina Boxall 2010

So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir.

Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone 2010

So far, only a couple of the trees (literally two) have been found to be successful in fending off beetle attacks, using chemical and physical responses similar to those in lower-elevation tree species, such as lodgepole pine and Douglas fir.

Louisa Willcox: Whitebark Pine: Functionally Gone in Much of the Greater Yellowstone 2010

Vegetative cover is extremely diverse: alpine environments contain various herb, lichen and shrub associations; whereas the subalpine environment has tree species such as lodgepole pine, subalpine fir, silver fir, grand fir, and Engelmann spruce.

Northwestern Forested Mountains ecoregion (CEC) 2008

Those who want to justify logging try to conflate low elevation forests with all forest types-many of which such as lodgepole pine-are very likely not affected by fire suppression due to the naturally long intervals between fires in these forests.

CounterPunch 2010

Those who want to justify logging try to conflate low elevation forests with all forest types-many of which such as lodgepole pine-are very likely not affected by fire suppression due to the naturally long intervals between fires in these forests.

CounterPunch 2010

Those who want to justify logging try to conflate low elevation forests with all forest types-many of which such as lodgepole pine-are very likely not affected by fire suppression due to the naturally long intervals between fires in these forests.

CounterPunch 2010

Mountain pine beetles are native to western forests, and they have evolved with the trees they infest, such as lodgepole pine and whitebark pine trees.

RedOrbit News - Technology 2010

They have left large tracts of dead lodgepole pine trees in their wake, which -- most, but not all, believe -- has heightened the risk for fire.

Church's Park Fire Prompts Michael Bennet, Mark Udall To Call Beetle Kill A National Emergency Ethan Axelrod 2010

Last year, Colorado's Senators got Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to dedicate $40 million in existing funds to mitigate the effects of beetles on Colorado's lodgepole pine forests.

Church's Park Fire Prompts Michael Bennet, Mark Udall To Call Beetle Kill A National Emergency Ethan Axelrod 2010