A voracious insect called the spruce budworm was ravaging Maine’s North Woods, killing mountainsides of balsam fir and red ...

To celebrate Arbor Day on Friday, in recognizing the importance of trees in our environment, the City of Monticello is giving ...

While nowhere near fully grown, this tiny concolor pine replaced a larger spruce tree that residents decorated for the holidays for years but which the city had to remove last year.

Tucked into the valleys of the Blue Ridge Mountains, a mine in Spruce Pine, N.C. closed for several weeks following the destruction caused by Hurricane Helene, in late Sept. 2024.  Spruce Pine is a ...

prompting an inspection that revealed significant decay throughout the tree. "It was a difficult decision to make, especially with this iconic Sitka Spruce that has become a friend to us all over ...

CHEYENNE – Crews from the city of Cheyenne Urban Forestry Division will begin spraying spruce trees the week of April 7 to prevent ips beetle infestation at several city parks and city-owned ...

“If there is any negative effects to the health of the tree, we could see that in the data,” he added. Austin Gilboe, Spruce Mountain alumnus and former Envirothon member works for Sappi Paper ...

The western spruce budworm primarily affects Douglas-fir, true fir and Engelmann spruce trees. Consecutive years of budworm defoliation leave drought-stressed trees susceptible to attacks by bark ...