Summary: <p><img src="http://www.wildebeat.net/supplements/E160/Yellowstone-RustBelt.jpg" alt="[Trees and the mountain pine beetle.]" width="320" height="317" hspace="8" border="0" align="right"> In this wild places program, Guest Correspondent Kurt Repanshek investigates the changes coming to the greater Yellowstone ecosystem.</p> <p>Kurt explains how the <a href="http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/nr/fid/fidls/fidl2.htm">mountain pine beetle</a> is affecting the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitebark_Pine">white bark pine trees</a>, and man animals and people who depend on these trees. Why is this beetle a growing problem now?</p> <p>We also hear from Dr. Jesse Logan, a recently retired U.S. Forest Service entomologist, Diana Tomback, a biology professor at the University of Colorado in Denver, and Louisa Willcox, a senior wildlife advocate for the Natural Resources Defense Council.</p> <p>You can read more reporting by Kurt Repanshek at his <a href="http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/">National Parks Traveler</a> web site.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E160.mp3">Show number 160 [MP3 format; length 9:51; 2,368,849 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/audio/WildeBeat-E160-extended.mp3">Show number 160, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:01; 5,748,377 bytes]</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.wildebeat.net/scripts/E160.html">Transcript of edition 160</a></li> </ul><br clear="right"> For a complete audio archive, and to find out more, visit: www.wildebeat.net
