KAMIAH — More than 600 acres of forested state lands affected by the 2015 wildfires near Kamiah were recently treated to prevent infestations of bark beetles.

Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) and U.S. Forest Service forestry professionals stapled 7,300 bubble caps filled with a pheromone produced by Douglas-fir beetles to trees throughout and adjacent to burned areas to prevent mortality in healthy stands of trees.

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