Colorado Experience: Forests of Change 

I have been all over the world---our dad was a career soldier so we were always moving and we in fact, all born in different places. Then we too went into the military so we've seen alot of beauty. But Colorado stands out in our memories...that hiway 24 toward the Continental Divide tho? Just a sense of awe sets in. Im 64 now...readying for retirement. And our compass points to one way ahead---back home---to the lovely Colorado. See you soon. 😘

Pine beetles were a problem in the mountains of Colorado since the 70's when I moved there from bad forest management

Stunningly beautiful. Someone knows how to digitally transform masterpieces. Ty Colorado PBS.

Happy to hear these knowledgeable men and women who are experts in their fields of study and in their crafts. They are truly custodians of the forest. To each man his calling,

I am lucky that I get to look out my window and see Pikes Peak everyday. Colorado is beautiful and enchanting, I don't think I'll ever move.

Very informative documentary on how important the forests of our beautiful state really are and why they're so worth protecting.

Absolute eye opener. Great production overall. I hope others can watch this a get inspired to keep/preserve and protect out forests and wildlife ❤️

37:03 climate change. 39:54 drought-driven mountain pine beetle impacts. 43:16 earlier snowmelt = longer growing season but also fire season. 45:26 forest lands lost to grass/shrubs = less carbon storage. 49:01 wildland urban interface.

We camp as a family near South Fork, CO every year since the 1960s and saw much damage to the National Forest from pine beetle infestation

Been there. Such an amazing state. And nice people ❤️❤️❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹

Should be mandatory for all residents to watch this video. Thanks!

Great video

so the entirety of indigenous forest management is just glossed over...... ooooh kaaaay.

I moved to Colorado from New York in August of 2018. Best decision of my life!!!

The greatest of the state of Colorado .

Has been considered that perhaps that as the climate warms that new tree species from other places would start colonies areas formally occupied by trees that more known to grow here? For example, I have noticed an increase in broad-leaf trees growing in and near creeks. I have seen Maples, Black Locust, even Oak trees are growing more independent of people around Colorado. Elms grow all over place.

“How do you recreate a forest?” “You have to talk to the trees.”

In Illinois, we have this garbage plant we call "creeping charlie" this has deep roots which may help keep plants in place. In the great lakes of Canada & USA, we have problems with the zebra mussel - I have no idea what can do done. Do you read these comments?

no one mentioned that the pine beetle was a foreign introduction to Colorado

Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have the most beautiful mountains and forest in the USA 🇺🇸.

YES

Guess what we would have less intense fires if we would allow selective logging to help thin the trees out. Less fuel etc

Спасибо, интересно

You need to grow moss first in the hills, so that the sedd from trees have a growt ground...

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but we will have some time to do what are but i don’t think for long

Collaboration: my property in north Idaho didn't get pine beetle until 2010, which only killed young lodgepole, then borer in 2016 bored to the cambium killing adult trees of all species Speaking of boring beetles the Appalachians have one for every specie of tree; not to mention chestnut blight. Collaboration through public meetings needs a knowledgeable person to mitigate.

THE SKY IS FALLING!!!!

Come on down to South Park and have yourself a time, in the oldest trees in the Rockies.. Still have not found ‘the one’, it’s on this mountain here somewhere..

Evolving...

The pine beetle problem could have been prevented had it not been for radical environmentalists suing to prevent spraying for them.

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we still have time

The forests are precious and not as resilient as destroyers would have you believe. The rain water rivers lakes and oceans have been more and more alkaline over the years not acid rain. They have been lying about acid rain most of my life. This lie is critical to forest health. The declining acidity was seen in the forests as yellowing and dying forests of the northeast USA and black forest Germany. The sulphate and nitrate pollution from power plants was eliminated and the forests recovered. Sulphate and nitrate salts make the rain more alkaline. These are the basic salts of strong acids and will make the rainwater rivers and lakes more basic. This was history of the forests of the North East USA. From coal fired power plants. We can replace these power plants with Edison generators and dynamos power plants with inverters and transformers to deliver high voltage AC power continuous peak power without fuel or pollution. What else is making the rain more basic that control of power plants pollution would correct the pH.?? Halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon pollution from pesticides herbicides and plastic manufacture fire retardant and paint solved are free radical generating molecules and this created more basic rain. The sulphate and nitrate salts were only part of the problem. These pollutants halogenated vinyl and halogenated carbon pollutants are global pollutants that accumulate and bioconcentrate.

Why didn’t they mention my ancestors, THE UTE nation. That’s our home.

we did not come down out of trees...

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You can see the erosion of health of the forests from alkaline water from free radical generating molecules in photographs of the forests in Siberia and Canada.

And the weed is top!

nothing

So, humans caused the bark beetle to do what it naturally does ? ? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha a .... Oh gawd, just looked This is PBS Should have known

Too much climate change blame and lack of boots on the ground implemented solutions. Not enough forest management and grid pilot management techniques. Pilot programs should be implemented in densely forested areas and if successful throughout forested areas where it can be implemented. Like square mile grids or larger in one square mile area thin out the standing forest by 20 to 25 percent and leave the under growth. In an adjoining nearby area square mile clear all the under growth with little to no standing forest tree thinning. Change up patterns in proceeding grid areas. With sections ranging maybe even up to 50 percent thinning. Space the management grids where even if wild fires enter the pilot areas some areas will fair better and survive better and longer than other areas. Implementing something is better than doing nothing. Instead of just blaming the weather climate change. It takes money to get proactive. We have nothing to lose except our forest. There will always be skeptics and naysayers. We have nothing to lose because nothing so far has worked. Degreeed professionals can't solve these threats to our forest with speeches and documentaries. Maybe federal emergency declaration money needs to be tied to forest management practices in combating dense forest over growth and under growth.

Colorado is such a beautiful state, but too many liberals. Hard pass.

And some day - humans won't be here. A perfect world.

is anyone else here for on line school 😑 😑

Stopped watching when she said we came down from the trees.

If my generation (born 2001) of people joining the forest service (and other restoration/ecological fields or organizations) and given the freedom to do it we could save our forests in the US. We gotta convince people our economy and the environment aren’t diametrically opposed. Everyone wants these solutions but everyone wants money too