Sentences with phrase «by mountain pine»

VANCOUVER — More than half a dozen major fires are burning in vast dead pine forests killed by mountain pine beetles, increasing risks to firefighters and communities.

Reddish and brownish trees in this forest in Montana have been killed by the mountain pine beetle.

This panel concept provided an opportunity to use lumber from forests killed by the mountain pine beetle, a species native to North America.

His whitebark pine research plots in the White Cloud Mountains of Idaho were first attacked by mountain pine beetles in 2001.

But the really interesting part of its construction is the material used: one million feet of wood infested by mountain pine beetles, a plague which has killed millions of pine trees in the province.

The percentage of the pine killed by mountain pine beetle varies as well and generally decreases toward the east.

Kozik, recently named one of ABN «s Top 50 Emerging Artists of 2012, describes the mass destruction caused by the mountain pine beetle, saying, «Regions of forest land have been lost to this destructive force, yet wood that has fallen victim to beetle kill has a material strength, resilience and beauty that is unlike lumber from healthy pine.

The attack by mountain pine beetles is posing a major threat to the forest ecosystems of the whitebark pine forests.

His work, particularly the 2001 paper, is among the most widely cited in research explaining the momentous devastation wrought by the mountain pine beetle.

Canfor Corp. and West Fraser Timber have also been constrained by the mountain pine beetle infestation in B.C. and environmental challenges in Quebec.

Less than a five minute walk to Peak 9 Quicksilver lifts and historic downtown Breckenridge, our peaceful condo is surrounded by mountain pines.

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Up a winding mountain road in California gold country, hidden by groves of redwood and pine — along with pockets of humanity living off the grid — is a reservoir with the cheapest water in America.

In the forestry sector, warmer winter temperatures linked to climate change is the major factor contributing to the outbreak of the mountain pine beetle in Western Canada, which had reduced the economic value of over 18 million hectares of Canadian forest by 2012.

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I feel more alive there: surrounded by pine trees and wildlife, breathing in the fresh mountain air, exploring with Dear Hubby and Babycakes.

Ratcliffe takes out another set of transparencies and displays them — a pi √ ± on pine on a mountain ridge permanently bent and distorted by the wind; coyote tracks on a red dune, partially filled in by drifting sand; a piece of the skeleton of a cholla cactus scoured by the wind.

Over the past decade, mountain pine beetles, boosted by mild winters, have devastated tens of millions of acres of forest across the American and Canadian West, and summer droughts have destroyed many more.

At first, the tree's presence seemed to fly in the face of much of what was understood of the mountain pine beetle — called MPB by the experts — at the time.

Over the past decade North American forests have been decimated by outbreaks of mountain pine beetles

And if you've hiked in the Rockies since 2009, you've likely hiked through a dead and dying forest, felled by a widespread outbreak of the mountain pine beetle.

The South Hills crossbill, potentially a newly discovered species of finch, has evolved over the past 6,000 years with a unique dependence on its food source, the Rocky Mountain lodgepole pine, in a coevolutionary arms race that also changed the tree, according to a genomic study led by Tom Parchman, a biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno.

For mountain pine beetles, the study found fire severity was high immediately after an outbreak, but over time as the number of trees killed by the beetle outbreak grew, fire severity leveled out.

But this new study by a team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin - Madison has found that the warming temperatures have resulted in mountain pine beetles increasingly invading high - elevation forests, like the whitebark pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains, and attacking them.

Surrounded by beautiful mountains, pines and aspen trees and holy energy... Infinitely grateful to call Tahoe home.

A smaller mountain grew out of the talus at this giant's feet, symmetrical and bald, a rocky dome surrounded by hardy pines that gradually mixed with and gave way to stately white birches and quaking aspens lower down in the valley.

Its privileged position, surrounded by the high pine woods of the majestic Tramuntana mountain range, makes the hotel an ideal accommodation for those who wish to spend a relaxing summer holiday in Majorca, enjoying the spectacular Mediterranean sunsets and the nearby peaceful coves, with warm crystalline waters.

Surrounded by pine forested slopes on all sides, there are more than 50 mountain huts dotted around the hillsides, and 4 separate walking areas each with a gondola and a variety of trails, all linked by the valley bus.

Behold a panorama of colorful waterside villages and elegant estates, fringed by palms and pines and backed by soaring mountains.

Catamount's design and decor are completely in accord with the mountain landscape all around, its log frame and peaked roofs brushed by high pine boughs.

MOUNTAIN PINE RIDGE ROAD TO CARACOL By the route from Georgeville, it is about 46 miles from the Western Highway to the ruins of Caracol.

Those with a love of speed can keep the adrenaline flowing by going quad biking through the pine forests that surround Misty Mountain.

It is surrounded by the Wolkberg mountains and pine and indigenous forests.

Begin with a gondola from Zermatt, taking you through some exquisite landscapes, and arrive at this breathtaking glacial lake, surrounded by mysterious pine forests and rugged mountains that rise straight from its waters to snow - topped splendour.

Set in a scenic location in Puerto San Miguel, surrounded by mountains and pine trees, this 2 - star accommodation has two outdoor pools, plus a separate one for kids, free WiFi, and a sandy beach right on its doorstep.

You'll get scenic views over valleys studded with pines and topped by mountains.

Located in the heart of Belize's Mountain Pine Ridge, surrounded by jungle, mountains and pine forests on the banks of the white - water Privassion River, Gai...

The route continues over 76 miles, passing through 55 tunnels and over 196 bridges, including the spectacular Landwasser Viaduct, a spectacular bridge that crosses over a valley, surrounded by rugged mountains and verdant pine forests.

Surrounded by stunning mountains coated in beautiful pine trees, flora and fauna this is...

The surrounding scenery is very varied, ranging from semi-desert, scrub - covered hills, cut through by fertile irrigated valleys, to high mountain ranges whose lower slopes are clad in vast pine forests.

Situated on the banks of the Spokane River and surrounded by majestic mountains and vibrant evergreen forests of ponderosa pine trees, the town of Post Falls, Idaho is an authentic mill town with spectacular natural beauty and a rich heritage.

The setting is based in and around a creepy snow - covered lodge up in the mountains called Blackwood Pines, where a group of teenagers (played by a star - studded cast of actors like Hayden Panettiere and Rami Malek) sans parental guidance are having a party... on the anniversary of the night two sisters went missing.

My innermost feeling which was awakened by the same mountains, rocks, pine trees and plums has been totally and utterly changed.

If blister rust can be regarded as a steadily, if slow - moving, disaster for whitebark pine, the relatively dramatic and sudden attack of mountain pine beetles can be regarded as a biological firestorm, fueled by global warming, experts at a recent workshop sponsored by the Natural Resources Defense Council said.

Those mountains recently burned and forced my friends and family to evacuate their homes and later return to neighborhoods black and flattened by a fire that raged amidst 100 + degree temperatures, drought conditions with pine - beetle plagued forests, and carbon dioxide levels of 392 ppm.

By 2007, it was difficult to deny the role of warmer winter temperatures in a mountain pine beetle epidemic that had already killed at least 530 million cubic metres of interior lodge - pole pine, with no end in sight.

Versus Michael Mann's hockey stick showing there was no enigmatic medieval period (even tried to change the name) with greenhouse gases emerging as the dominant forcing in the twentieth century — but was based on incredible data - selection techniques and was mostly based on one tree core series, the bristlecone pine trees from one mountain which can not possibly be expected to provide a reliable indicator of climate — the worst type of science but still accepted by climate science because that it what they do — rewrite history and get all the facts wrong.

We also included a more explicit reference to Ababneh's update of the Sheep Mountain bristlecone pine chronology (as suggested by Willis Eschenbach).

Here we see a cross section of a pine that was damaged by a major flood in the year 1945 in the Chiricahua Mountains of southern Arizona.

For millennia the mountain pine beetle, a native of Canada, has been kept in check by our winter temperatures which reach minus 35 degrees for several days.