Not our favorite Bug

There are so many in the order Coleoptera, some better than others...

on the Frontrange, the Mountain Pine Beetle we could do without!

Here is Kevin Cook again to tell us the good news and the bad news...
The bad news: Pretty soon there will not be any mature lodge-pole pine trees alive !

The good news: They will grow back!

There was an overflow crowd at today's lecture. Many are concerned at the conditions seen in RMNP especially west of the divide where millions of trees are dead or dying. It's only a matter of time when the little buggers come over to the east side!