The pine beetle's deadly march

[gilliam]

A forest the size of Sweden obliterated.

 

[b_justb]

A forest the size of Sweden obliterated.

Clearly, the real cause of global warming.

 

[Digitonomy]

With the southern pine beetle across the south and much of the east, the western pine beetle in parts of the west, and the mountain pine beetle in an even larger area of the west, much of the US is suffering from this problem. But hey, pine beetles have to eat too.

 

[WanderAimlessly]

Clearly, the real cause of global warming.

I am waiting for some liberal to declare “President Bush is trying to destroy the Canadian Lumber Industry with this”

 

[MelanieAnne]

Clearly, the real cause of global warming.

So glad it’s a bug & not my SUV!!

 

[WanderAimlessly]

So glad it’s a bug & not my SUV!!

Sounds like you are blaming Volkswagen there

 

[MelanieAnne]

Sounds like you are blaming Volkswagen there

YUP!! My VW SUV!!!

 

[Joe_Kelley]

With the southern pine beetle across the south and much of the east, the western pine beetle in parts of the west, and the mountain pine beetle in an even larger area of the west, much of the US is suffering from this problem. But hey, pine beetles have to eat too.

Let’s not make them an endangered species.

 

[DaveBj]

Sarcasm Alert

Let’em march. Just another of God’s creatures. Don’t they have just as much right to the planet as we do?

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