ForWarn II

Satellite-Based Change Recognition and Tracking

Snow and Insects in Rio Grande Forest and San Juan Wilderness, CO

Date: 
07/2015
Disturbance Type: 
Insects
Phenology

ForWarn identified a decline in vegetation greenness in the Rio Grande National Forest and southern San Juan Wilderness. It is a possibility that the severe tree mortality is due to snow impacts or intensification of apparent spruce beetle defoliation.