The spruce beetle, which has significantly damaged the Rio Grande National Forest, is rapidly making inroads into the San Juan National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service held a meeting this week to kick ...
Sep 19, 2021 Sep 19, 2021 Updated Oct 24, 2022 An epidemic is creeping into Interior Alaska, but it is not attacking people. It is killing forests filled with mature white spruce trees. The culprit is ...
An international research team demonstrates that the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) uses volatile fungal metabolites of plant defense substances as important chemical signals in their ...
As conservationists and forestry experts keep a close eye on Aspen-area avalanche pathway bottoms marred by large stacks of downed trees, the question of how to combat a potential spruce beetle ...
Today they are merely magnificent eyesores, but over the next few years, the downed trees from recent Aspen-area avalanches could become massive breeding centers for spruce beetles with the ability to ...
A spruce, with rust-red coloring that is the usual result of beetle infestation, is seen on July 7 on the Mount Healy Overlook Trail in the front country of Denali National Park and Preserve. The ...
<CBS4) - It's been a tough sight for many to see -- spruce fir forests dying off because of the Spruce Beetle. Now a new report by Colorado State University says above-average temperatures could make ...