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.
Sensitivity
Strategy
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.,