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💧🌏 Greg Cocks Sep 5, 2025

Whitebark Pine In The United States Projected To Experience An 80% Reduction In Climatically Suitable Area By The Mid-21st Century
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/adfcef <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29485691.v1 <-- (open) spatial data used/produced in study
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #model #modeling #whitebark #whitebarkpine #pine #conifer #tree #PNW #WestUSA #SWCanada #threatened #EndangeredSpeciesAct #blister #rust #disease #pinebeetle #climatechange #warming #elevation #highelevation #keystonespecies #biodiversity #forest #tree #ecology #suitabilitymaps #planting #WPB #range #wildlife #bear #bird #multifactor #analysis

💧🌏 Greg Cocks Jun 6, 2024

Pine Beetles Adapting To A Changing Climate, Finds Study [British Columbia, Canada]
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https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/animal-stories/pine-beetles-adapting-to-a-changing-climate-finds-study-8616846 <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17207 <-- shared paper
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[a number of years ago I worked with the USFS in Colorado on mountain pine beetle from a NEPA, varied stakeholder & SMEs, multifactor spatiotemporal analysis (sic) perspective (https://fe9h.short.gy/TPbN5e); due to this, as a Coloradan and coming from a family of lumber folk, I retain a strong interest in this hazardous and destructive blight, especially as climate change proceeds]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #BritishColumbia #BC #Canada #barkbeetle #pinebeetle #spatiotemporal #spatialanalysis #mountainpinebeetle #lodgepolepine #forest #forestry #risk #hazard #climatechange #habitat #ecosystem #biology #destructive #tree #trees #economiccost #carbondioxide #reproduction #impacts #CO2 #forestbiology #vulnerability #drought #water #hydrology #boreal

Pine beetles adapting to a changing climate, finds study

"The prediction is the beetle can bounce back and attack more," said the lead researcher from the University of Alberta.

Pique Newsmagazine

Denise Gutzmer Apr 18, 2024

State of emergency declared after #Mississippi forests hit hard by pine beetles, #drought

Mississippi forests dealt with drought and the #pinebeetle infestation last year. Now, the U.S. government is stepping in to help, declaring a state of #emergency.

https://www.wapt.com/article/state-of-emergency-declared-after-mississippi-forests-hit-hard-by-pine-beetles-drought/60527813

BC Info Bot Sep 11, 2023

Global News BC: B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected https://globalnews.ca/news/9950765/bc-fire-crisis-expected-but-not-for-years/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #UniversityOfBritishColumbia #BCwildfiredisaster #ForestryPractices #ForestManagement #InvasiveSpecies #WildfireSeason #ClimateChange #BCFireSeason #Environment #bcforestry #BCWildfire #Pinebeetle #BcLogging #Fire #UBC

B.C.’s wildfire crisis was forecast, but it arrived decades sooner than expected

The warming and drying trend that began in the mid-2000s coincided with pine beetle outbreaks that left swaths of B.C.'s forests dead, dry, brittle and ripe for wildfire.

Global News