Author: rpalma
Source: NBC Montana STEVENSVILLE, Mont. – The Forest Service is tacking verbenone patches to protect campground trees from Mountain Pine Beetles. Verbenone is a pheromone, or chemical, that tells beetles to go away. The beetles should be arriving in a couple weeks. The Forest Service doesn’t have much time to get the word out. Foresters […]
Question: There are around 250 miles of streets in Butte and how many miles of underground mining tunnels? Answer: More than 2500
Source: Senator Baucus (Washington, D.C.) – Montana’s senior U.S. Senator Max Baucus secured a victory today for Montana forests as the U.S. Senate voted 77 to 22 in favor of his amendment to better address the bark beetle infestation. The plan is one of many Farm Bill amendments the Senate is voting on this week. “The Farm Bill […]
Source: LA Times So-called super fires — like the fire currently rampaging through the Colorado Springs area, spurring mass evacuations, destroying property and endangering lives — are not going away. They will continue to flare up, not just around the U.S. but also around the world and, possibly, become more severe, one expert says. Peter […]
Question: How long can a Montana sagebrush plant live? Answer: 200 years