Fire, Bark Beetles, and Climate Change in Western Forests - a recent NY Times article

In a recent article title "Temperature Rising - With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Key Climate Protectors," journalist Justin Gillis examines factors that are leading to the decline of some western forests.The article includes interviews with Thomas B. Swetnam, Peter Z. Fulé, Diana L. Six, and other scientists in the fire and natural resource disciplines.

You can read the full text of the article here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/science/earth/01forest.html?_r=4&pagewanted=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

Below is a video produced by the New York Times to accompany the article: