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 ...

Originally a Sioux Falls native, Sam came to Rapid City and fell in love with the Black Hills. She decided that she wanted to make western South Dakota her home. Recently, Sam graduated from the ...

Aerial photos of the park show sweeping ... Bundles of cut wood from dead pitch pine trees that were attacked by the southern pine beetle inside Napeague State Park. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost ...