RJA #6a: Websites

Website #1
.Resource searched: www.bing.com
.Keywords used: Colorado Pine Beetle Infestation
.Search Strategy/operator: Newsweek.com by Jim Moscou
.# of Hits 827,000
.# Hits used: 10+

RJA #5c: Reference Articles

Article #1
.Author: Wikipedia, Free Encyclopedia
.Title: Mountain Pine Beetle
.Reference work: Pine Beetle Infestation in Colorado
.Date: May 21, 2009
.Pages: 2

.Resource searched: Pine Beetle Infestation in Colorado
.Keywords: Pine Beetle Colorado
.Date: 2/16/10, 2/18/10 and 2/24/10
.Hits: 547,000
.Relevance on hits: four that was able to search

RJA #5b: Periodical Articles

Article #1
.Author: D.A. Leatherman, I. Aguayo, and T.M. Mehall1
.Title of Article: Mountain Pine Beetle
.Title of Periodical: Colorado State University, Extension/Mountain Pine Beetle
.Date 2/16/10 and 2/18/10
.Pages: 1

.Searched: Mountain Pine Beetle Infestation
.Keywords: Infestation and Solutions
.Strategies: Bing and Google
.#Hits: 921
.Useful: five that I was able to go through.

RJA #5a: Books

Book #1
. Author: Tappeiner, John
-Harrington, Timothy B.
-Tappeiner, John C., II
.Title: Silviculture and Ecology of Western U.S. Forests
. First edition
.Publisher: Oregon State University Press
.Publication Date: July 2007

RJA #4c: Research Question Check

http://yipenglishblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-3c-research-question.html#comment-form

http://holden1013.blogspot.com/2010/02/rja-3c-research-question.html#comment-form

RJA# 4b: Search Strings

.Search Engine Math
- +Colorado +Pine +Beetle
- +Beetle +Infestation +Solutions

.Boolean
-Pine Beetle Infestation AND Solutions.
-Colorado beetle infestation AND Restoration

RJA #4a: Keywords

Key Words

.Pine Beetle .Lodge Pole Pine Trees

beetle Pine Trees

insect Trees

.Bug .Non Healthy Trees

Infestation Young Lodge Pole Pine Trees

Old Lodge Pole Pine Trees

.Log

-Environmental Restoration

-Pine Beetles

-Earlier and later/longer seasons for beetle damage

-dying trees

-dead trees

-falling trees

-weak ground

-mud slides

-damaged habitat

-devastated ecosystem

RJA #3c: Research Question

Questions:
.Have you ever imagined what would happen if there were no Lodge Pole Pine Trees left in Colorado, what it can do to the environment, and what solutions can be used to help solve the Pine Beetle Infestation?
.What would happen to the environment if there were no more Pine trees left in Colorado?
.what solutions can be used to help resolve the Pine Beetle Infestation in Colorado?

RJA #3b: Research Topic Focus

Environmental Restoration/Pine Beetle Infestation
.Pine Beetle-Life cycle/food
.Lodge Pole Pine Tree-Life cycle/maturity
.How dead trees and Pine Beetle effects the environment.
.Solutions to resolve Pine Beetle Infestation
.NEW solutions to resolve Pine Beetle Infestation
.Money/Funding for solutions and restoration
.Before and After images of Pine Beetle damage

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.More people need to be more aware of what this is and people need to be more willing to help fix it.

RJA #3a: Research Topic Exploration

http://www.summitpinebeetle.org/
-This website shows what actions are being taken to help slow down the pine beetle infestation, and tells you what steps can be taken for volunteering at different parks.
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05528.html
-This website includes depth information about the pine beetle such as, what kinds of trees it eats, the life cycle, how the pine beetle damages trees etc.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/142897
-This site shows the history of the pine beetle in Colorado, what is being done to stop it, and the damage that has been done so far to Colorado forests.