View Related Episode: Hut to Hut Biking, Pine Bark Beetles, Stream Temperature

A tiny beetle which has devastated entire forests in western North America has returned with a vengeance to Oregon. See how the mountain pine beetle is being dealt with. Colorado's mature lodge pole pine forests have been decimated, see how Oregon foresters hope to avoid the same fate.

First Broadcast: 2008
Producer: Vince Patton
Videographer/Editor: Todd Sonflieth
Video courtesy of: KCNC-TV/CBS-4 Denver, University of Northern British Columbia

Appeared in episode: Hut to Hut Biking, Pine Bark Beetles, Stream Temperature

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Field Journal Blog
Wolves return to Oregon in packs
by Ed Jahn | 11/20/2009
It seems like just yesterday I went to eastern ORegon to report on the “potential” for wolves to return to Oregon. That was in 2006 (episode 1607). Well, there have been reports all throughout the last year of wolves showing up, with a few videos offered as proof, followed by a wolf attack on livestock [...]
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