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Overview
This summer will be a lot noisier than usual. 17-year Brood X (ten) cicadas are expected to emerge in the billions in every part of the WEMU listening area. The last irruption was in 2004.
Periodical cicadas are thought to have evolved the 17-year pattern to avoid predation. They are eaten by nearly anything that can fit them in their mouths, so the survival strategy is to win by sheer numbers. The event will last about two months, beginning in May when the soil warms to 64°F. The nymphs crawl up the trunk of the tree where they molt into the adult form.
Springfield News-Leader
With a plethora of invasive Callery pears planted across the state, conservation officials are offering a buyback program with a free replacement tree pickup in Columbia. All people have to do is send in at least one photo of each Callery pear tree they cut down and register.
“Callery pears have been a tree many people have enjoyed for years,” said Ann Koenig, MDC Community Forester, via news release. “However, besides the fact that these trees often break apart in storms, and that they have foul-smelling flowers, it turns out these trees are spreading throughout fields and forests, causing problems in our more natural areas. We are excited to work with our partners to provide great, native trees to those who are ready to replace them.”
Community Forester The mission of the Clearwater Resource Council is to engage the community and facilitate efforts that will enhance, conserve, sustain, and protect the natural resources and rural lifestyle of the Clearwater watershed for present and future generations. For more information, go to crcmt.org.
CRC seeks to fill its Community Forester position, a full time, exempt position that performs professional forest management/restoration activities and reports to the CRC Executive Director. The primary purpose and responsibility of this position is the planning and implementation of fuel mitigation/landscape restoration projects, home assessments and public education. Secondary responsibilities are participation in the local fuels task force, forest assessments, assistance in setting up and managing community fire protection grants and associated contracts, data management and serving as a liaison with key agencies and organizations in the Clearwater Valley and surroundin
Group looks to form Wildfire Advisory Council
Ravalli Republic (Hamilton, MT)
Feb. 19 A nonprofit organization focused on educating folks in the
Bitterroot Valley about the dangers of wildfire is looking to take its efforts one step further.
Considering that
Ravalli County has been identified as having the greatest risk of severe wildfire in the state, with six of its communities in the top 10, the timing couldn t be better.
The Fire in the Root program recently applied for a Montana Forest Action Plan grant to transition its awareness campaign to a formal
Wildfire Advisory Council. The council would be made up of community ambassadors.