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Warmer climate could suppress CO2 uptake by trees |
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Saturday, 09 January 2010 13:29 |
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Washington DC: A new study by scientists from the University of Colorado at Boulder, US, has determined that as the climate warms and growing seasons lengthen, subalpine forests are likely to soak up less carbon dioxide (CO2).
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Feds announce $40 million to battle bark beetles |
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Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:05 |
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DENVER — The U.S. Forest Service will funnel an additional $40 million to Rocky Mountain states where a tiny bug has killed more than 2 million acres of pine trees in what has been called one of the West's biggest natural disasters.
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Aerial survey shows pine beetle toll in Yellowstone |
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Tuesday, 08 December 2009 15:01 |
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A beetle epidemic that’s killing trees across the Rocky Mountain region has taken an especially heavy toll on whitebark pine trees in the Yellowstone ecosystem, according to preliminary findings of a recent aerial survey.
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Senator sponsors bill to attack pine beetles |
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009 14:32 |
DENVER -- The insect infestation that has killed millions of pine trees is one of the West's "biggest natural disasters," says U.S. Sen. Mark Udall, sponsor of a bill to give forest managers more ways to respond to the outbreak.
The Colorado Democrat said Monday that the bill, co-sponsored by Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, would allow the U.S. Forest Service to identify high-priority areas and expedite analysis of proposed treatments.
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Federal dollars could prime Colorado water projects |
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Saturday, 14 February 2009 17:00 |
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Colorado water projects are in line to receive at least $67 million in federal stimulus money, funds that could help ease water woes from small towns to big cities and create jobs.
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