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Permalink Reply by Aubrey C. Sanders, Jr. on November 27, 2012 at 6:16

Sesport, I do agree with you about calling Ricky Kilpatrick. I had long conversation with him yesterday before I posted my comments on site. At this point he would be the one I would talk to. He will direct you to other sources of info and help.

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Permalink Reply by dbob on November 26, 2012 at 17:12

Drone - 

The well site has been in place for several years - of note to all of us arm chair quarterbacks, the google earth image (Captured November of 2010) shows several trees which are brown in an area roughly 10 acres in size.  

Other trees outside of that vicinity do not appear brown.  There appear to be 2 pipeline or other ROW located generally north and south of the brown trees - the ROW generally run east-west.  

Interesting.

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on November 26, 2012 at 17:28

What about elevation...trees on high ground versus low ground..

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Permalink Reply by P.G. on November 27, 2012 at 6:49

It says pine trees uses it's pitch or sap  as a natural defence to protect itself from pine beetles so long as it's not a mass attack from the beetles...

I would imagine with the heat and drought weakened the trees and the trees couldn't produce enough sap to defend themselves...

http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/trees/southern_pine_beetle.htm

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Permalink Reply by Two Dogs, Pirate on November 27, 2012 at 7:04

The drill site was probably the site of the pine beetle infestation and when the trees were cut they probably brushed up against the trees to the North and to the South. The pattern of of destruction seems to be moving to the North and South away from the drill site. It would be nice to see a current arial shot to compare.

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