tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261513796012360469.post1321320695083453192..comments2022-11-24T02:37:27.265-06:00Comments on Clark Crenshaw Photography: Those Dang Pine Beetles!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13009070514432031505noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7261513796012360469.post-62412679815923289642009-09-29T07:32:26.943-05:002009-09-29T07:32:26.943-05:00The same devastation has affected the Black Hills,...The same devastation has affected the Black Hills, in Western South Dakota. I was just up in the Cathedral Spires, and both the south and north sides of the Harney Range are decimated by pine beetles. The areas nearest to the tourist routes are in the process of being clear cut, but the bulk of the BH Forest is relatively inaccessible to big logging and has to be cut by hand, on foot, so it's a slow process.<br /><br />Eventually all of that forest will either be cut down or will burn down. Scary thought to imagine it without the canopy of pine trees we've come to know and love. The Rockerville area shows how it looks after a fire -- five years or more, and the understory is just beginning to make its way back.Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648508434333529244noreply@blogger.com