Approach
Increase resistance and resilience to beetles in stands and across landscapes.
Tactics
- Manage for age and size class diversity
- Protect high value areas using trap tree felling
- beetle traps
- spraying
- basal area reductions
- and a beetle risk rating system.
- Manage for species diversity
Citation
Halofsky, J.E.; Peterson, D.L.; Ho, J.J.; Little, N.J.; Joyce, L.A., eds. (2018). Climate change vulnerability and adaptation in the Intermountain Region. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-375. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.,