Show forest service fcc I 1 cecys rows in action against beetles beches the US forest service I 1 Is back in action in a four year war against the bark beetle the battleground la Is acres on the ashley and wasatch national forests in the high between utah and I 1 at stake Is some borne seven even billion board feet of 61 lodge poto pole vine pine in the path of what has been termed a malor major epidemic THIS SUMMER will mark the fourth round of action the pests by the forest st service and it looks like the he knock ock out Is near I 1 this is the strategy said K X C koziol supervisor of il he 0 wasatch national forests prywa f rows are re xio etow in action in the infected area 11 in the past three years yea they have slowly contained the infestation to a smaller and smaller area aws als is done three ahree woys way a where stands ands are re moderately relt rm r m paced pe ced flaune th browen throwers rowers erg ara abe tree trunks literally cooking 1 the batte under the mark mack chemical spray wish with either wafer or oil base are used in other circumstances THE beetles ties have destroyed stands beyond economic recovery the trees are bunched by dozer blade and destroyed by tire fire p 1 jugome eneix me will be wa working aking in the JT oresti orests before mid july the he emerge to take flight be in camps in read horst horse gilbert creek and dalgren about 25 miles southeast of mountain view wyo theodore I 1 kostelia Kos kelia salt lake t city la Is directing the fight james butler salt lake city is ground project director f the beetle slightly longer than of an inch bores borea through the bark and feeds oo on the cambium layer there he bores a system of galleries in which his eggs are hatched the hew generation feeds s side ways girdling the tree then they take flight to and new trees HOPEFULLY the bark beetles flying days wilt will be over this summer mr koziol said and only mop up operations will be required next year |