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Foresters keep an eye on pine beetles
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BEETLE INFESTEDTREE— Although pine beetles have not as million' boaidTeet of timber,”
yet affected many of the trees on the Warm Springs reservation Hanson says.
there is always a threat. This is one tree the beetles have killed. ’ inc beetles have a one-year
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The pine beetle burrows
beneath the bark of a tree.
After maturity the following
spring, the beetles bore their
way out of the trees and fly off
to attack new ones, leaving the
tree with an inability to
conduct water. The trees do not
turn to a red color until the
spring or summer after attack.
By that time the tree is already
dead.
Healthy trees are usually not
victims of the beetle. Hanson
pointed out. A healthy tree that
is not under stress in its struggle
for existence will produce pitch
which pauses the beetle out.
Stress in a tree is created
when the tree has to fight for
water. The pine beetle is found
in forest fringes such as the
Tenino Bench area, the
Metolius Bench area, around
Potter’s Pond and at south
Sidwalter Butte. These areas
receive a limited amount of
moisture. “Summer rains affect
the fringe areas and has a large
effect,” Hanson says. He also
mentioned; “The only time
there is a major outbreak is in
drought years.”
Annual air flights over the
state by the forest service and
the Oregon Department of
Forestry pinpoint sites where
the beetle is abundant. Patches
red trees are very obvious from
the air.
The Continuing Forest
Inventory, conducted by the
forest service along with
foresters working in the woods,
keeps tabs on the beetle level in
the Warm Springs’ forests. As
long as the beetle population is
within natural, balanced
proportions there is nothing to
worry about. The population
of the beetle, like other living
creatures, “is always in flux,”
Hanson commented. Environ-
mentental conditions may
change causing a population
decline or increase. Wood
peckers are the greatest
natural control over the pine
beetle. As long as everything is
in balance, with moisture and
natural predators, the beetle
will not go into epidemic
proportions.
Good health demands constant attention
Proper exercise and a
balanced diet is the key to a
healthy body. These are the two
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essential ingredients to
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maintaining physical fitness
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according to visiting lecturer
Dr. Vincent Quas of the Body
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Accounting clinic' in Bend,
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Oregon. Dr. Quas is also an
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Orthodontist in that city.
Dr. Quas has lectured at the
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Community Center in Warm
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Springs on three separate
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occasions in an effort to inform
interested persons of the
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Along with conducting water
Horseback
displacement tests and sub
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max stress tests to measure fat-
muscle proportion and
maximum heart rate efficiency,
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respectively, Quas offers
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advice.
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According to Quas “there is
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no magic percentage of fat”
that a body should have on it.
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He states that 22% fat on one
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person’s body might be as good
as 10% on another. The average
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in good physical shape is 22
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percent and 15 percent for men.
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A person who maintains a
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standard weight for his age and
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height does not necessarily
have proper fat-muscle
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proportions. To obtain proper
“nothing takes the place ot
exercise,” Quas stated,” along
with modifying food intake.”
Getting proper exercise is
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the beetle burrows into the
cambrium layer of the tree.
“This is the thin layer of live
tissue beneath the bark,” says
Hanson. The adult beetle
moves down the tree laying
eggs along the way. The eggs
hatch into hungry larvae, or
grubs, feeding on the inner
bark in a horizontal direction
which eventually encircles the
tree.
depending on individual goals
and conditioning level.) a rate
below this when exercising is as
inefficient as a rate above the
training rate.
A balanced diet is important
to everyone. It should contain
approximately 20 percent
protein, 15 percent fat and 65
percent complex carbohy
drates, says Quas. He states,
“People should get high-
quality protein with the least
amount of calories and the least
An example -of food with
little value is “white stuff” (as
Quas calls it) such as white
sugar and white flour. Excess
calcium is produced from the
intake of these foods, he says.
The calcium enters the blood
and much of it is stored in the
joints and possibly in the gall
bladder.
Deposits will eventually
form on the arteries increasing
the capability of arteries to
collect cholesteral which
cations. Quas says, “this all
starts when we are very young.”
The “white stuff,” Quas says,
enters the body with nothing of
value to the body. So the body
takes the nutrients it needs
from the body’s muscle,
making that food of no value
what-so-ever.
Exercise and diet both
demand constant attention,
Quas emphasized. “There is no
instant gratification in health.
It’s a slow process.”
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FITNESS QUESTIONS ANSWERED—Dr. Quas goes over the results of MadelineQueahpama’s
test scores with her. Madeline along with others took a water displacement test and a sub-max test in
March to find out just how physically fit they really are.
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