With spruce beetles in the area, this logging operation on Colorado's Grand Mesa National Forest is to bring in more diversity in the age and size of trees in the area, and to improve the forest’s ability to fend off large-scale beetle infestation. Watch: | Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities

3.3K views · 22 reactions | Colorado's largest wildfire season in history was fueled by a decade of dead beetle-killed trees, unusually dry conditions and windy weather. And, to some, the lack of logging. | The Coloradoan | Facebook