The U.S. Forest Service will cut more than 14,000 Trees

DENVER (AP) – The U.S. Forest Service will cut more than 14,000

acres of trees near communities and in more than 350 recreation

sites as it deals with damage from an insect epidemic that has

killed millions of acres of pines in Colorado and Wyoming.

     The agency has mapped out the projects in response to questions

from U.S. Sen. Mark Udall about how $30 million will be spent on

Colorado’s bark beetle problem. The Colorado Democrat said in June

that he was worried that the money might not be enough to address

the problem.

     Doug Young of Udall’s staff says the Forest Service has provided

detailed information about where projects are planned.

     Udall is sponsoring a bill to provide more help for the

infestation.