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Are thinned and healthy trees still at risk?

April 26, 2017healthy risk thinned trees

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Are thinned and healthy trees still at risk?

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Yes. The populations of bark beetles in northern Arizona are so great, that no tree is 100% safe from colonization. Deep infrequent irrigation, stand thinning, removing colonized material, and preventative pesticide applications simply increase the probability that any given tree will survive the current outbreak.

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Yes. The populations of bark beetles in northern Arizona are so great, that no tree is 100% safe from colonization. Deep infrequent irrigation, stand thinning, removing colonized material, and preventative pesticide applications simply increase the probability that any given tree will survive the current outbreak.