The tree form can grow to 130-160 ft high. Lodgepole pine forests develop in areas that have been cleared either by human activity, like in our region by miners, or as a result of fire.

A beetle-infested lodgepole pine can be mounted lengthwise on the lathe and, within minutes, one person can produce a finished log suitable for cabin construction.Setting up the log lathes in ...

In Vail, when lodgepole pines were cut to create a wildfire buffer zone between neighborhoods and the forest, several kinds of trees and plants repopulated the area in the years that followed. In ...

In Vail, when lodgepole pines were cut to create a wildfire buffer zone between neighborhoods and the forest, several kinds of trees and plants repopulated the area in the years that followed. In ...

Beetle scourge goes from bad to worseA pine beetle infestation is spreading from the mountains into southern Wyoming and the Front Range, and all of Colorado’s mature lodgepole pine forests will ...

"How lodgepole pines protect their kind against fire, mountain pine beetles infestation." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 31 May 2011. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 05 / 110531155402.htm>.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Causes and implications of spatial variability in postfire tree density and understory plant cover for patterns of aboveground net primary ...

UPDATED: February 15, 2017 at 2:25 PM MST The current mountain pine beetle epidemic affecting lodgepole pine forests is unprecedented in modern times, and people are justifiably concerned.

GRAND LAKE, Colorado – It is amazing that the mountain pine beetle, which is only from one-eighth to one-third inches long, can cause such extensive damage in the lodgepole pine forests of Colorado.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Scientists predict that lodgepole pine – one of the most common trees at higher elevations in the Cascades and Rockies – will be largely gone from the Northwest by 2080 ...