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The Tree Whisperer's Colorado Lodgepole Pine Initiative

The initiative was started in November of 2007 when homeowners and others from Grand and Eagle Counties of Colorado asked Dr. Jim Conroy to help their threatened Lodgepole Pine trees.

Eleven test sites were established. As of June of 2011, Dr. Conroy has returned to provide his holistic, hands-on, bioenergy-healing treatments to those trees as well as additional trees in the areas seven times.

Dr. Conroy created the Green Centrics™ system and Co-Existence Technologies™ in 2002 and uses them on these trees. He uses NO products whatsoever.

The intent of this initiative is to restore health and growth to Lodgepole Pines on large tracts of land effectively and efficiently.

As the initiative has developed, Dr. Jim has expanded the test sites to include Aspen trees, which are suffering from Aspect Decline.

As the years have progressed, Dr. Jim as also expanded and deepened his work so that he is now able to do his healing treatments on not only trees and plants, but also insects, diseases, bees, soil, other organisms, and people's relationship with their land. He treats entire ecosystems. This new direction for the work is called Cooperative BioBalance. The primary principles of Cooperative BioBalance are "live and let live" and building the relationship between trees, plants and their related organisms so that they can all live together in harmony.

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Please scroll down for brief explanations of the work, a summary result statement with a comparison, 2011 and 2009 results statements, and a discovery from 2007.

Please go to other pages for specific results shown from multiple sites in Eagle and Grand Counties.

Explanation of Lodgepole Pines' Compromised Circulation and Healing Results

Lodgepole Pines' inner circulation systems--which move the food, water, and nutrients around the tree--typically become blocked or compromised easily. Circulation is the most vulnerable aspect of their anatomy to various stress factors. Stress factors include drought, changes in season length, pollution, and other abiotic (non-living) influences.

Once stressed, Lodgepole Pines weaken. Compromised circulation dominos into other aspects of internal functionality not operating optimally.

When the Pine Bark Beetle "hits" a tree, it burrows into it and lays eggs. This usually occurs in a July timeframe. When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow just under the outer covering of bark in the cambium layer. They feed off of the nutrients there. Their burrowing blocks and compromises the extremely delicate cells which comprise the xylem and phloem of the trees.

Xylem and phloem are the "tubes" or "streams" in which the tree's nutrients from the soil, sugars from photosynthesis in the leaves and water are transported.

If physically cutting and blocking the circulation system weren't enough to kill the trees, Pine Bark Beetles also carry a disease organism which also blocks circulation: "blue stain."

Once the cells of the xylem and phloem are destroyed, the water, nutrients, and sugars do not circulate. These biotic (living) stress factors adds FURTHER stress to the trees, weakening them further. Stress factors are additive.

Whether by Beetle larvae infestation, disease organism, or physical damage, if the cambium layer of a particular tree––where the xylem and phloem cells provide circulation––is completely blocked or physically cut, the tree will turn reddish-brown and will die.

With the use of the Green Centrics™ system and Co-Existence Technologies, and with the principles of Cooperative BioBalance™, Dr. Jim Conroy "The Tree Whisperer" is able to help the trees become healthier.

He uses holistic, hands-on, bioenergy-based healing approaches (but NO products) which are able to clear and open the trees' circulation systems and reconnect the overall flow of all inner functionalities. When the circulation is flowing--even partially--the trees can begin to heal. They have a better chance of repairing unblocked xylem and phloem as well as growing new xylem and phloem cells. They begin to grow again. then, they can withstand a few Beetle hits.

Growth is a key indicator of a healthy tree. With good growth, the trees are able to withstand a few hits from the Beetle.

This is similar to people who can withstand day-to-day stressors when they are healthy overall.

Trees Operate in Community

When most people see a tree-trunk and canopy, they call that "a tree." It is thought that when tree's roots touch and intermingle the trees give some benefit to one another. While this is true, Dr. Jim says that tree community goes far beyond that and includes trees whose roots are too far apart to touch. Dr. Jim says "the community is the tree."

Trees communicate with one another through their bioenergy fields and other aspects of vibration. They "sing" to each other. Same species trees have a certain "song." Neighboring trees may have a similar "song" so another level of community can exist in an area.

Native Americans have explained to Dr. Jim that they dance in rituals and festivals by hearing the trees' song.

So, when Dr. Jim puts his hands on a particular tree-trunk to perform a healing bioenergy treatment, that treatment can be spread through a community of trees through their "song."

While performing the Green Centrics and Co-Existence Technologies treatments, Dr. Jim walks the entire property to assist with the spreading of his treatments. Thus, other LodgePole Pine trees in tree-communities will benefit as much as the individual tree that is touched by him.

2007 to 2011 Quick Result Statement and Comparison

Lodgepole Pines that were weak and heavily hit by Beetles prior to the start of the test-trials in 2007, died. Weak trees attract the Beetles.
Remaining Lodgepole Pines used the holistic, bioenergy healing treatments provided each successive year and became healthier and stronger. Evidence of this is seen in abundant, new growth. Treated, and therefore stronger, healthier trees were able to naturally resist Beetle infestation during multiple seasons.
Those healthier, stronger trees survived and thrived despite continued Beetle hits and other existing stress factors such as extreme weather conditions and human damage.

October, 2008. Very early in the treatment process.
Panorama on Marie's Property.
Note that many weak Lodgepole Pines are reddening in the distance because they were already too weak prior to treatment.
In the foreground for reference, note young Pines.

June, 2011: After multiple years of treatments.
The same Panorama on Marie's Property.
Note the same young trees in the foreground.
See the living, healthy, strong and green Lodgepole Pines in the distance with the old "silver ghost" dead Lodgepoles scattered among them.

2011 SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Generally speaking, trees are either dead or robustly growing and alive! At all sites, trees that were heavily infected prior to November of 2007 (date of Dr. Conroy's first treatment) are "silver ghosts" or have been removed by the property owners.
Trees that remain show full, green canopies and yet another year of robust new growth in the form of 1-4 inch high "candles" which are fanning out with new needles.
Also, many of the trees that remain show some signs of Beetle hits in the last year. Despite the Beetle hits, the health of the trees has been significantly improved so that they can withstand Beetle hits and a modest amount of larval activity and still survive.
Lodgepole Pines in the surrounding properties show similar positive results. Remember, trees operate in community and do not know about artificial human property boundaries.

PLEASE CHECK THE PAGE FOR EACH SITE FOR DETAILS.

June, 2011: Jill's Pair by the garage and an inset of their candles of growth.

2009 SUMMARY OF RESULTS

All sites are showing good new growth of Lodgepole Pines that are recovering their health from the bioenergy healing treatments by Dr. Conroy––see photo to right.
June of 2009 results are after only one full season of treatment.

Trees are showing lush new growth in many widespread locations as of June 2009.

All test-trial sites are showing high tree survival rates and lush new growth in the remaining trees, even after going through the 2008 beetle fly. Please go to the pages for the individual test-trial sites.

June, 2009: Marie's Feeder Tree with lush new growth.

June, 2009: Marie's property, the parking area shows a high survival rate.

We recommend the adoption of a new motto: "IF ITS GREEN-LEAVE IT IN THE SCENE. ONLY IF IT'S BROWN-CUT IT DOWN."

Prevailing thought IN 2009 is that Lodgepole Pine trees with many beetle "hits" are considered "dead already."

But, if a tree is still green, we are recommending that it be left living and standing. We feel that it has a chance to regain health and grow again, especially if it is in the Eagle and Grand county, Colorado, areas after receiving Green Centrics holistic energy treatment from Dr. Jim Conroy.

The exception would be if the tree provides a clear structural or fire danger.

June, 2009: "Green Scene" Lodge Pole Pine tree's canopy is still green despite the many beetle 'hits' on the trunk seen in other photos on The Firehouse page.

Revealing Satellite Photos prior to 2007 and early in the Beetle infestation after 2007

**NEW**
The photo shown below is a computer "screen shot" taken from the popular satellite imaging website FlashEarth on July 3, 2011 of an area slightly Southeast of the town of Tabernash, Colorado where one of Dr. Jim Conroy's Colorado test-trial initiative sites is located.

HOWEVER, the satellite imagery is clearly NOT from 2011, but is a patchwork of images from different years in the past. This is revealing because these images show a straight line of demarcation where two images were put together. The green trees above the line and the reddish-brown trees below that line reveal that the photos were taken many years apart and then patched together by the satellite imagery website. There is nowhere in Nature where there would be such a stark contrast.

November of 2007 is the date Dr. Conroy began his tests in Grand County. So this satellite imagery shows that as of 2007 (prior to Dr. Conroy's treatment) Grand County's Lodgepole Pines were already dying in mass numbers.

ABOVE: Screen shot of Tabernash, Colorado, area. This is satellite imagery patchworked together by the satellite imagery website. The green trees and vegetation shown above the line are from a time prior to 2007. The reddish-brown trees and vegetation shown below the line are from a timeframe of approximately 2007.

The stark difference between the pre-2007 and post-2007 trees and vegetation clearly shows the wave of Lodgepole Pine tree death in the wake of the extremely high infestation of Pine Bark Beetles that moved down from Canada, through Montana, Wyoming and into Colorado in the last decade, at least.

If new, updated satellite imagery becomes uploaded into those popular websites, you will no longer be able to view these kinds of images by searching on the satellite websites. Thus, the screen shots taken here on July 3, 2011, will be the only images easily available from pre- and post- 2007 timeframe.

Dr. Conroy's insights and test-trials since 2007 has shed new light on their current condition. Dr. Conroy's assessment of the Lodgepole Pine trees in the Grand County area of Colorado is that they have been severely weakened by at least a decade of drought, fire-suppression, other human factors, and climate change--thus becoming susceptible to the wave of Beetles.

However, Pine Bark Beetles have lived in co-existence with Lodgepole Pine trees for millennia in this area, but as a result of great numbers of trees' weakness and very high populations of beetles, countless millions of trees died prior to 2007 when Dr. Conroy's treatments began.

In 2007, the Pine Park Beetle's progress was fully evident in Grand County, Colorado, as shown in these photos . The homeowners who originally invited Dr. Conroy to do his healing work on their trees had already suffered tree losses. Their standing Lodgepole Pines were already badly "hit" by the Beetles.

We can corroborate the 2007 satellite imagery with these ground photos taken by Ms. Basia Alexander on November 2, 2007.

On the right, you can see both a long distance shot of the same mountain side as shown above in the satellite imagery.

The trees are "hit" when the beetles fly in July, then redden because their needles do not get any water or nutrients. The larvae of the beetles eat through the delicate cells of the trees' circulation systems and they introduce the "blue stain" fungus into the tree. It can take a Lodgepole Pine anywhere from a few months to a few years to die. Once they are dead, the red needles fall off and they become "silver ghosts." They pose an immense fire threat.

On the right here, you can see a telephoto shot taken of the same mountain side on the same day.