Adam joins KGUN 9 from Yuma, where he focused as a reporter on local issues, such as the border, water rights and healthcare.
That did not help tree health at Mount Lemmon.While wildfires are natural events, Mitchell Lannan with the Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire says the drought is making them more damaging.Dead or weak trees make wildfires worse.“I love working with bugs, I’m an entomologist," Lannan said."I love getting out in the field and seeing all the insects that are out there and helping the public with all the pest insects.
He’s on Mount Lemmon looking for signs of bark beetles; insects about the size of a grain of rice that burrow into trees and kill them.“This tree has bark beetles in it, you can tell because with the pitch tube up there, this is where the bark beetle entered the tree, and there’s sap because the tree tried to push the beetle out," Lannan said.Fortunately, other trees in the area do not have signs of bark beetles.
The Arizona Department of Forestry and Fire management is reminding visitors to Mount Lemmon to completely extinguish and cool all bonfires before leaving any campsites.Adam Klepp is a reporter for KGUN 9. At his previous station in Yuma, Adam focused on a range of local issues including the border, water rights and healthcare. He is originally from Detroit, Michigan, and attended both Loyola University Chicago and Syracuse University.
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