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

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

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 ...

A report from the Colorado State Forest Services showed that trees in Colorado's front range are being killed by bark beetles ...

Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an ...

A report from the Colorado State Forest Services showed that trees in Colorado's front range are being killed by bark beetles. FOX31's Ashley Michels spoke with an expert on how this can affect ...

These are good days if you're a tree-killing bark beetle. In 2007, the native pests ate deeper into the region's drought-weakened forests, choking the life out millions of trees in one of the largest ...

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

For background information and additional context, see our Tree Mortality and Fire page. Bark beetles are important disturbance agents that can cause extensive tree mortality in western forests, often ...

Quick Summary The Western Oak Bark Beetle (WOBB) is a small (2mm long) beetle that spreads a fungus (Geosmithia pallida) when it bores into oak trees.Wet discoloration can be observed from the beetle ...