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.