Assembly Bill 2054 would create an action plan to mitigate the damages caused by the destructive beetle known as the Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer. This beetle bores into a tree and brings with it a fungus that can cause the tree to wither, die and contribute to the dry, hazardous conditions that become ripe for disaster during wildfire season.
MENDOCINO NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. – Acting Forest Supervisor Gar Abbas has signed a decision memo to implement the Rust Resistant Sugar Pine, or RRSP, Pheromone Treatment Project on the Mendocino National Forest.
The treatment will help repel mountain pine beetles from 16 white pine blister rust resistant sugar pines.
How wildlife dealt with the fire here is a matter of intense interest. For naturalists, park and wild space managers, the recent burns offer a historically unique opportunity to learn what actually happens when flames sweep through local ecosystems. Studies and observation projects are now underway in preserves like Pepperwood and Bouverie, in Regional and State Parks, and protected spaces such as the Glen Oaks, Sears Point and Sonoma Mountain properties managed by Sonoma Land Trust, which all suffered during the fires.
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