[Magdalen] more weather

[Marion Thompson]

A very legitimate concern.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 12/21/2015 8:18 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen wrote:
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> In a message dated 12/21/2015 8:09:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com writes:
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> The cold  helps kill the bugs off.>>>>>>
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> Certainly true in the West of North America where that nasty pine
> beetle is killing off the pines, especially the grand Ponderosas and
> the Lodgepole Pines.  This problem is worsening because the
> overwintering beetles are not killed off secondary to repeated mild
> winters.
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> There is an area in Canada where the ranges of Lodgepole Pine and
> Jack Pine overlap, and they interbreed.  I'm worried that the  beetles
> will start into the closely related Jack Pines, and use the  Jack Pine
> range as an entry into the North American East and its rich pine  forests.
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