Alabama's pine tree forests are facing a new problem this year. The Alabama Forestry Commission said brown spot needle blight ...

The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) is alerting forest landowners to a new threat to loblolly pine trees: brown spot needle ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Forestry Commission says on its Facebook page that fungal disease is affecting pine trees in the state. Here is the post: Montgomery, Ala. – Last year ...

“Just in the last few days, the agency started receiving calls, and the disease seems to be infecting trees with greater severity in west Alabama,” AFC Forest Health Coordinator Drew Metzler said.

Last year, southern pine beetles devastated approximately 52,000 acres of pine forests across the state. Now this spring, another problem is affecting loblolly pine trees. The Alabama Forestry Commiss ...