United States: Aspen's signature trees facing threat
Vail Daily: What would Aspen be without its signature tree? A statewide phenomenon is killing off massive swaths of aspen trees, some 54,000 acres of aspens alone in the White River National Forest in and around Pitkin County. U.S. Forest Service officials studying the problem went before the Pitkin Board of County Commissioners at a work session Tuesday. "We're not talking the end of aspens here," said Roy Mask, an entomologist with the U.S. Forest Service. But in recent years, ...
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