Breckenridge Real Estate Blog

Breckenridge – While their is no stopping the march of the beetles, more money is needed to create fire breaks — clear-cuts in the forest — that can help protect communities from potential wildfires associated with dead lodgepole pines.

The Town of Breckenridge will continue to partner with property owners within Breckenridge Town limits by providing free inspections of Lodgepole Pine trees and by marking current season infestations on private property. The most notable change in the program this season is that property owners will be responsible for coordinating the proper removal of trees from their property. Once removed, the property owner may submit a request for reimbursement of $40 per tree to offset the cost of removal. Restrictions apply and only current season infestations will be considered.

More funding could also help expand stewardship projects, said Sandy Briggs, organizer of the Summit County forest health task force, explaining that the commercial value of the timber is so low that the Forest Service in some cases needs money to directly subsidize the needed work.

On the Dillon Ranger District, covering Summit County, the Forest Service hopes to plan and implement extensive forest health projects in the Lower Blue Valley, north of Silverthorne, and in the Upper Blue, around Breckenridge.

In 2007, the Forest Service treated about 1,500 acres at a cost of $1.3 million. That per-acre cost is still too high, District Ranger Rick Newton said at a recent meeting of the forest health task force.

Republican Sen. Wayne Allard announced earlier this month that he has secured up to $12 million to address the bark beetle epidemic in Colorado.

“We are facing a catastrophe in Colorado and this funding could not have come at a better time,” said Allard. “These dollars will allow the federal government, state government and private landowners to work collaboratively to mitigate conditions to prevent a disaster.”

Mountain Pine Beetle Signs of Infestation

Yellow or red needles on the entire tree crown. (Needles fade from green to yellow and then to bright red.) Note: discoloration occurs during the year AFTER attack when the beetle has almost completed development. By the time trees appear bright red, the beetles have left to attack new trees.Galleries (tunnels beneath the bark) with beetles, eggs or larvae.“Pitch tubes” — globs of resin on the trunk where beetles tunnel into the bark.“Sawdust” at the base of a tree or in bark crevices. Woodpecker activity, such as holes in the trunk and bark chips on the ground.

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