| Colorado project fends off ravages of pine-bark beetles |
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| Written by DAVID FREY, NewWest.net | |
| Tuesday, 16 March 2010 | |
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Combating the spread of mountain pine beetles as they destroy trees across the West may be impossible to do on a large scale. But on a small scale? It may be feasible, and an experiment on the slopes of Smuggler Mountain above Aspen, Colo., could be the proof. Read more...
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