An insect called the western spruce budworm continues to be the most widespread forest pest in Colorado, but a bark beetle ...

Warmer winters and prolonged drought have turned Colorado forests into a budworm and beetle buffet, according to a new report from Colorado State University, and the thousands of acres of dead and ...

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

According to the report, the front range is experiencing a surge in activity from the mountain pine beetle. In 2021, the ...

An annual report from the Colorado State Forest Service suggests that the prevalence of Mountain Pine Beetles has increased since 2021 ...

Over the past decade the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendrocthonus ponderosae) has killed millions of pine trees from New Mexico to the Yukon Territory, as a result of an unprecedented explosion in their ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees ...

Inside the log a female mountain pine beetle—Carroll calls her his office mate—has laid her eggs. Carroll’s office mate is a Dendroctonus ponderosae, one of about 6,000 species of bark ...

Forest disturbance by bark beetles and other insects is a global issue expected to increase with the warming climate. Visitor aesthetic appreciation of these forests affected by infestations is an ...

Nancy Bockino is a mountain guide based out of Jackson, Wyoming, as well as a field ecologist with more than 30 years ...