Aspen mobilizing community to combat ‘zombie forest’ on Ajax

Aspen mobilizing community to combat ‘zombie forest’ on Ajax

Kairos Futura and Aspen Center for Environmental Studies are partnering to mobilize the local community in order to save Douglas-fir trees on Aspen Mountain by mitigating for bark beetle outbreaks. The event will spread volunteers out across the backside of Ajax beginning at 11 a.m. May 30, with a party after from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. with food, drinks and prizes. The aim of the event is to treat 5,000 trees with pheromone patches that send a chemi…