Original news saved on 2 July 2009, 04:10 GMT from NY Times Science. More below:
House Proud: A House in the Woods, After the Woods Are Gone In the dense forests of Montana, the pine trees surrounding the writer?s house have been turning red and dying because of an infestation of beetles.When my wife and I bought land in Montana, the stands of timber were so dense you couldn?t walk through parts of the property. Then the beetles came, killing the stately old trees.
