ForWarn II

Satellite-Based Change Recognition and Tracking

Possible Insect Outbreak in Rio Grande National Forest, CO

Date: 
07/2015
Disturbance Type: 
Insects
Unknown

ForWarn detected a disturbance in the Rio Grande National Forest of southern Colorado in July 2015. The spruce-fir zone of the forest was the most affected; the vegetation greenness departure cause is unknown with a possibility of insect outbreak.