Battling the Bark Beetle.(spruce tree infestations fatal)(Brief Article)

E Magazine | November 1, 2001| | Copyright

As Global Warming Rises, So Do Tree-Killing Infestations

In Alaska's Kincaid Park, just a 10-minute drive outside downtown Anchorage, the parking lot gives way to a path strewn with wildflowers, huge with the midnight sun's constant attention. The trail winds past vistas of the Alaska Range rising behind Cook Inlet, and your chances for spotting a moose increase with the elevation. The trees tower as their needles exhale their woody scent. Interrupting this serene forest are pitiful patches of sagging, gray trees, defeated by the spruce bark beetle.

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