Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Pine Bark Beetles are found under the bark of local pines. The location on the tree will help determine which of the five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year’s floods, droughts and heat equaled a tough time for trees. Be on the lookout for stressed pine trees. Pine bark beetles ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has caused ...

The southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and black turpentine beetle (BTB) (Dendroctonus terebrans) are serious pests of pines in Florida’s natural, cultivated, and landscape areas.

Limber pine, as seen here along the Sky High Trail, San Gorgonio Wilderness, San Bernardino Mountains, California, can have smooth bark, which discourages bark beetles. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically ...

Mountain pine beetle-killed trees at Lookout Pass in 2002. Provided by Idaho Dept of Lands. Bark beetles are only about the size of a grain of rice. But for such tiny critters, they can take a big ...

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem land managers brace for the second climate-driven epidemic this century and fear for the survival of the remaining old-growth conifers. Vegetation ecologists monitoring ...

But the real threat to our forests in the High Country west of Denver is not from bugs, but from the public agencies ...

Southern pine beetle (SPB) populations were generally low this year throughout most of the Commonwealth, as predicted last spring from our annual trapping survey. However, a couple of counties saw ...

BOULDER - Western U.S. forests killed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic are no more at risk to burn than healthy Western forests, according to new findings by the University of Colorado Boulder ...

Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes the ...