{"id":5594,"date":"2024-05-26T13:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T20:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/?p=5594"},"modified":"2024-05-26T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T00:38:49","slug":"bark-beetle-research-shows-future-evolution-of-forests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/bark-beetle-research-shows-future-evolution-of-forests\/","title":{"rendered":"Bark beetle research shows future evolution of forests."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\"\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dendroctonus_ponderosae.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5597\" src=\"http:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dendroctonus_ponderosae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dendroctonus_ponderosae.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dendroctonus_ponderosae-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u201cThe beetles, they\u2019re native, and they\u2019ve kind of been evolving together with the trees over time,\u201d he said. \u201cSo in outbreaks, the beetles kill most of the trees, but a few survive. Nobody\u2019s actually sure which trees are reproducing on the landscape, but the trees do evolve over time.\u201d<br \/>Bark beetles outbreaks have been munching on our forests for eons, long before humans arrived in the West. Occasional beetle outbreaks are normal&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.net\/news\/environment\/2014\/oct\/07\/bark-beetle-research-shows-future-evolution-of-utah-forests\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20beetles%2C%20they%E2%80%99re,outbreaks%20are%20normal\">www.standard.net\/news\/environment\/2014\/oct\/07\/bark-beetle-research-shows-future-evolution-of-utah-forests\/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20beetles%2C%20they%E2%80%99re,outbreaks%20are%20normal<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div class=\"postie-post\">I am absolutely fine with allowing the timber companies to spray _some_ pesticides on the vast acreage that they own.<\/p>\n<p>I am _not_ at all fine with spraying toxins that have been banned in multiple countries, are toxic to our endangered animals, poison our water supplies, and simply generate higher profit for the timber industry &#8212; in our designated Wilderness areas. Not. Their. 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