It is an interesting time of year for travelling in the back country. I took some colleagues hunting for the spruce beetle last week. We were working between 9,500 and 10,500 feet. There was snow. There was mud. There was bare ground. And anything else you can think of. Cross country travel required a large bag of tricks. Over the course of two days we used trucks, snow machines, ATVs, skis, and snowshoes.
did you find any beetles?
ReplyDeleteSimilar conditions on Payette. The longtime employees say they have never seen a winter as weak as this one.
Lots of beetles: They like these warm dry winters.
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