Look at Weeping Serbian Spruce (Picea omorika Pendula). This lovely tree is dramatic in the landscape, with a spire with ...

The Bug That’s Eating the Woods.” “Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles.” “Eighty-Nine Million Acres ...

Other pests like the spruce budworm can damage trees but don’t necessarily kill them, West said. (For context, Colorado has about 4.1 million acres of pines, such as ponderosa and lodgepole ...

“Trees in Colorado can’t catch a break as our climate ... The type of tree most affected was the Western spruce budworm, which incurred 217,000 acres of injury in 2024, as opposed to 202,000 ...

Purdue Landscape Report: We receive a large number of spruce samples each year at the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory (PPDL), with the vast majority being from Colorado blue spruce with ...

The 2024 Report on the Health of Colorado’s Forests showed that bark beetles and other invasive insects expanded their forest footprint in a hot and dry 2024. The type of tree most affected was the ...

Without as much resin protection, trees are unable to protect themselves against pests. The western spruce budworm is having the most widespread impact on Colorado’s forests. In 2024 ...

Dowagiac residents can add some green to their properties without losing any green from their wallets this spring. The city ...