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Beetle-killed forests dominate some mid-elevation landscapes in Colorado.
Udall, Bennet seek to double appropriation in 2012 farm bill
By Summit Voice
SUMMIT COUNTY — The U.S. Forest Service needs more money to stay on pace with removing beetle-killed trees from western forests, and Colorado’s two senators this week introduced an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would double the budgeted amount from $100 million to $200 million.
The bill would encourage the Forest Service to partner with the private sector to develop some economic value for the dead trees, something that has proven to be a vexing challenge for struggling sawmills in the region and for proponents of using the wood for energy, who have gained very little traction as more and more studies show that large-scale bioenergy from forest products is not sustainable. (more…)
Filed under: Colorado, Environment, Forest health, forests, pine beetles, pine beetles and wildfires, US Forest Service | Tagged: bark beetles, forest health funding, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, pine beetles, United States Forest Service | 1 Comment »
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