Christopher Fettig
(en tə mä lə jist) A scientist who studies insects.
Pacific Southwest Research Station
My favorite science experience is interacting with young people in the field. Their passion and enthusiasm is contagious, and their questions often result in novel research that might not have been otherwise considered. The fact that our science often results in practical tools that are helpful to society and the environment, such as the development of SPLAT Verb, is icing on the cake!
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Mountain pine beetles are a natural part of the environment in forests of the Western United States. However, because of changes to the environment, mountain pine beetles have caused more...SPLAT! Protecting Pine Trees in the Western United States from Beetle Attack
Mountain pine beetles are a natural part of the environment in forests of the Western United States. However, because of changes to the environment, mountain pine beetles have caused more...
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USDA Forest Service: Christopher Fettig
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USDA Forest Service: "Forest Service scientists help Netflix explore Our Living World"
A rusty brown bark beetle, the length of a grain of rice, lands on a ponderosa pine. Tiny insect legs make a clicking sound as the beetle scales the tree. Twitching its antennae, the miniature assassin readies itself to bore into the pine, often the tree’s death knell. This scene is from episode 3 of Netflix documentary “Our Living World,” which explores how climate change is upending the natural world as we’ve come to know it. USDA Forest Service scientists Chris Fettig, Danny Cluck and Leif Mortenson served among the film’s scientific consultants, sharing their knowledge and research on bark beetles and, in the case of Cluck and Mortenson, taking the camera crew into the forest for filming.Read Article
