"In Wyoming and Colorado in 2006 there were a million acres of dead trees. In 2007 it was 1.5 million. This year it is expected to total over two million. In the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Alberta, the problem is most severe. It is the largest known insect infestation in the history of North America, officials said. British Columbia has lost 33 million acres of lodgepole pine forest, and a freak wind event in 2006 blew mountain pine beetles, a species of bark beetle, over the Continental Divide to northern Alberta. Experts fear that the beetles could travel all the way to the Great Lakes." Excerpt from the New York Times article by  Jim Robbins, published 11-17-2008.  Photo below by Anne Sherwood for the New York Times

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	I created this web site to share my experience hoping this would be the quickest way to save precious trees on a very large scale.  I will share my thoughts, theories, and solutions for anyone and everyone to scrutinize, experiment with, and hopefully use to save their trees.  I hope you share this site with anyone that can make a difference in the effort to save our trees and forests. I hope my approach helps you save your trees, and that you will share your experience whether it is successful or not if you decide to try my solution.  But before you try this please fully assess my theories and approach to see if it makes sense to you compared to your other treatment alternatives.  Because there are so many variables involved I can't guarantee that my solution will work for your sick trees.  My only guarantee is that I am truthfully sharing my experience, my approach, and the solution I created that saved my trees.  It saved even my very sick, highly infested trees. I am not selling anything and you are not obligated in any way.   Thank you for visiting my site. I hope this jump starts progress in ways I can't foresee.   I wish you the very best of luck with your trees!   Sincerely,     Jim Roosmann   Spartanburg, South Carolina  My Beetle Experience