Show Pine Beetles Threaten Big Section Summit County Lodgepole Forest KAMAS KAMAS- Mountain Pine bettles threaten to create worse havoc In Summit County Lodgepole pine than forest forest forest for for- est fire tire according to Forester Farester Boyd Carpenter of ot the Kamas Rangers Ranger's office Already plans and nd preparations are being made to combat the Infestation largest In America Large Pines Fines Attacked Large pines s near the mouth of Beaver Creek Canyon Just above Kamas are by the little lit little little lit lit- tle bettles betties according to Car Carpenter and Ranger Ronger Larry Colton But Jut the the greatest infestation covers thousands thousand of ot acres on an the other side of af the The rhe Rangers explained that the beetles bore through the bark Inthe in inthe the pine and the female climbs upward laying eggs in lateral pockets in the the layer lay- lay cr er b between tween the bark and the wood I as she goes When a number of af beetles attack one tree the tree is girdled and dies I Hundreds of thousands of af Lodge Lodgepole Lodgepole Lodgepole pole Pines are threatened While the larvae may be killed by sprayIng spraying spray spray- I ing lag the bark with Insecticide there are obviously too many to treat Individually Ins Instead the foresters said Op Operation Operation Op- Op Push-Over Push is Ls utilized Big bulldozers are taken into the t forest and push over Infested trees They are piled and burned burned burned burn burn- ed allowing c clear r spaces paces for Jor or n new w clean young forest foret to fo grow Infested Trees Worthless Carpenter said a great many men must be hired for the proJect project project and the Kam Kamas office is al already already al- al ready accepting applications One i group will drive back and forth i from home each day the other i will be sent Into summer camps deep in the forest I Tr Trees killed by the beetles are pulpy and worthless for tor most building needs Pines infested but I not yet killed have been offered to commercial but too II many pines are too Email to prove profitable Carpenter said I With the lumber industry one of Summit County's best sources of income Colton is naturally quite e worried about the situation i He lIe says the Department shares his concern and will cooperate in every way to fight the menace |