I live near Rogue River in a small mobile home park on 140 acres. The park is covered by ponderosa pines, douglas firs and many planted speciality trees (redwood, cedars, etc.). Next to my home is a pine forest with new (2023) dead or dying pines. It happened so quickly, that I missed the extent of the dying off until we had some trees removed for safety. One pines (23" diameter) needles died from the bottom up in six months this summer. We assume it was due to a change in available water, as a badly leaking irrigation canal was patched, so no more summer water. The tree did not have bark damage. BUT: this fall, 10' away, we noticed the bark was stripped from 4-5 pine trees and the dying needles were at the crowns of the trees (20-30" diameter) .A somewhat different situation. Is this possible pine bark beetle damage? Meaning irreversible damage? Meaning death? This is happening on the edge of 100-200 pine tree stand> What is the best thing for the property owners to do, to stop the spread? Is there a task force for beetle destruction? I lived in the North Lake Tahoe basin during a huge infestation and die off during the late 80's, early 90's. I can't remember how the trees were treated (removed?) Please, advise. I've attached some pictures of the trees. Thank you