Colorado’s popular recreation areas were hit especially hard by the epidemic. Out of about 4.1 million acres of pine forests ...

Bark beetles have hard, smooth, stout bodies and range from 1.3 ... where they introduce a symbiotic ambrosial fungus that infects the plant and serves as the brood’s food source. The beetles then lay ...

Cape Town’s once-majestic urban forests are under attack from a tiny yet deadly invader – the polyphagous shot hole borer ...

There are five invasive diseases that Michigan residents should be aware of and keep an eye out for. These species have the potential to harm Michigan’s natural resources. Four of them have been ...

The 2024 forest health assessment details which insects and diseases are the biggest threats to the state’s forests and where outbreaks are expanding.

Crews finished up the last of the tree pruning activity in Okotoks last week, giving way to the annual elm pruning ban. The ...

The province is reminding residents that the annual ban on pruning elm trees runs from April 1 to Aug. 31. The ban is in ...

The annual forest health report, released by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), assesses the condition of Colorado’s forests during another warm, dry year for the state.  Following a wet and ...

The good news is we know Colorado is on the right path to address these challenges and foster forests and communities that are resilient to wildfire and forest pests.” The 2024 Report on the Health of ...