Approach
Promote resiliency in communities with vulnerable species and increase resistance to mountain pine beetle.
Tactics
- Strategically use anti-aggregation pheromones to reduce mountain pine beetle damage on susceptible tree species.
- Continue to establish permanent monitoring plots and share data.
- Coordinate Forest Service and National Park Service efforts to collect cones and produce seedlings of species susceptible to mountain pine beetle.
- Identify sites that are less likely to be affected by climate change (refugia), and focus on those sites for restoration
Sensitivity
Strategy
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