RJA #12a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 3

• "Infested Pine Beetle Trees - Google Search." Google Images. Web. 30 Mar. 2010. .
• "RedZ Revolution "Revolutionizing Search"" RedZ Revolution Search. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. .
• Pankratz, Howard. "Beetle Scourge Goes from Bad to Worse - The Denver Post." Home - The Denver Post. Web. 26 Mar. 2010. .
• Welcome to Forest Health Task Force Home Page. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. .
• "Mountain Pine Beetle Solutions." Pine Beetles - Verbenone- Home. Web. 29 Mar. 2010. .
Measure, By Any. "Pine Beetle Boombox Solution to the Bark Beetle Epidemic Sound Waves." The Adventure Life. Web. 14 Apr. 2010. .
*Johnson, Matt. "Treatments »." Mountain Pine Beetle Treatment. 10 Mar. 2010. Web. 16 Apr. 2010. .

RJA #12b: Field Research Report

* Field Reasearch
I conducted a survey asking random people all over Colorado about the Pine Beetle Infestation.
These questions included...
.Do you know what the Pine Beetle Infestation is?
.Did you know that there is an infestation of Pine Beetles in Colorado?
.If you did know that there was an infestation in Colorado, do you know the extent of the problem?
.If you came accross a tree thatwas infescted with the Pine Beetle would you know what to do?
During my field research project I found out that many people don't understand what the Pine Beetle Infestation is.
After asking fifty different individuals these questions, I came to a shocking realization of how bad the awareness is of the Pine Beetle Infestation. Out of fifty individuals, thirty of them couldn’t even get passed the first question. That is sixty percent of the group that had no idea what the Pine Beetle was or knew anything about the problem. Out of the remaining fourty percent, thirty percent of these individuals knew that there was a big problem with the Pine Beetle Infestation, but didn’t know what to do if there was an infected tree. Only five (10%) of the fifty individuals had a clear understanding of what the Pine Beetle Infestation was, and knew what to do if they had come across an infected area. This is truly alarming because nothing can be done to save the Pine Trees if no one knows what it is.

RJA #10c: Ideas for the Application Project

#1. Journal Entry: Division of Wildlife Officer, writing about conditions on the Pine Beetle Epidemic.
#2. Short Story: Story on how someone goes on a backpacking trip in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, encountering the Pine Beetle Epidemic.
#3. News Article: Reporting damages of the Epidemic, images and etc..
#4. Editorial: More volunteer work needs to be done to ensure that there will be Pine Trees in the Rockies in our children's lifetime.

RJA #10b: Progress Report for Argumentative Paper

#1.
I have accomplished writing a little over three pages of my essay so far. Instead of starting my writing with an introduction, I jumped into writing my body paragraphs for the essay. I have a couple paragraphs which are a little over two pages long. These two paragraphs describe what the Pine Beetle is and what they are doing to the trees. It also includes everything on how the Beetles destroy trees, including their life cycle.
#2
There are still many things that need to be done.
. Introduction
. More info about the Pine Beetle
. Information about the Pine Trees
. introduce the problem
. go over the damages
. solutions
.conclusion

RJA #10a: Annotated Bibliography, Part 1

#1.
"Mountain Pine Beetle Update The Estes Park News." Estes Park News, Information of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. Web. 01 Apr. 2010. http://www.estesparknews.com/?p=2742.
. The information in this article has valuable information about the pine beetle. It gives a detailed view of when the Pine Beetle attack most Pine Trees. This article also shows accurate evaluations of what the Pine Beetle is doing in Ests Park. The damage and surveys show that the Pine Beetle is starting to move into the park and is causing havock.
#2.
Porter, Steve. "Arming Trees against Pine Beetle Invasions Northern Colorado Business Report." Northern Colorado Business Report -- Industry News, Corporate Statistics and Expert Analysis for Fort Collins, Greeley, Loveland, Windsor, Larimer and Weld Counties. Web. 01 Apr. 2010. http://www.ncbr.com/article.asp?id=102064.
. This article includes more descriptive information about the Pine Beetle. Not only that but includes descriptive information about the damage being done in certain counties. The main point of the article are the solutions for killing the Pine Beetle. These solutions include sprays and other techniques as well.
#3.
Curl, Lorne W. "Whats the Real Problem." Colorado Beetle Kill Trade Association. Web. 01 Apr. 2010. http://cobeetlekilltradeassociation.com/.
. This website basically declares war on the Pine Beetle. It gives sites and groups where people can get more involved with stopping the Pine Beetle. It asks the essential question and answers it very clearly. It also has more information on the Pine Beetle as well.