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Dead Trees and Dirty Water in the Rockies -- Sustainability: Water

07/25/2013 02:07 AM EDT

Dead Trees and Dirty Water in the Rockies The Rocky Mountains supply water to more than 60 million homes in the West, but this crucial water shed is in peril due to a tiny insect called the mountain pine beetle. Scientists Reed Maxwell of Colorado School of Mines and John Stednick of Colorado ...