America’s alpine climate is changing. Across the West, mountains once covered with green forests are turning red and fading to grey. The culprit: beetles. Some people blame the government for the beetle plague. Local politicians blame the feds. But what if the problem isn’t a faltering Uncle Sam but a changing Mother Nature? Brandon Loomis has written a series of articles on the health of forests in the Intermountain West for Sunday’s Salt Lake Tribune and he joins Doug Fabrizio on Thursday.
- Read Loomis' seven articles about the West's dying forests.
Music from today's RadioWest:
- Jamey Johnson, By The Seat Of Your Pants and Heartache
- Ryan Schupe and the Rubber Band, Rain Falls Down
