You walk through the Sierras, and the crisp air on top of the sweet sugar pine scent helps tone down the worries you carry from your day-to-day life. That moment of peaceful bliss comes to a close when you stumble upon acres and acres of burnt trees. Of course, wildfire is a natural stage of succession, the process forests go through to enable regeneration and the recycling of nutrients. Although, you encounter more tree carcasses and notice the same little insect using them as hosts: bark beetles.