We're surrounded by the reddish brown, dead trees that are signs of a major infestation of the Mountain Pine Beetle. The beetle is native to Montana. Why are over 2.8 million acres of Ponderosa and Lodgepole forest in Montana now more vulnerable to the beetle? What can we expect in the future? What control measures can we use on our own property?

Forester Eric Norris, State Division of Forestry, address these questions and others on Thursday, April 29, 7 PM at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Bonner. This free public program is sponsored by Friends of Two Rivers.