DENVER (KDVR) — For the ninth consecutive year, the spruce beetle remains the most damaging forest pest in Colorado. To the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), this isn’t a huge surprise. In 2020, ...
<CBS4) - It's been a tough sight for many to see -- spruce fir forests dying off because of the Spruce Beetle. Now a new report by Colorado State University says above-average temperatures could make ...
The beetles killing spruce trees in epidemic proportions across Colorado attacked forests at a faster pace in 2014. Meanwhile, the mountain pine beetle epidemic slowed dramatically, likely because the ...
Dear Roger: The National Arbor Day Foundation just sent me a brochure and an offer of 10 free trees, mostly Colorado blue spruce trees, if I'll join and pay a $10 membership contribution. Could you ...
Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...
Spruce trees killed by beetle do not correlate wth higher wildfire danger, CU-Boulder researchers find. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. Contrary to expectations that spruce beetle infestations increase ...
DENVER — Colorado forestry officials say the state’s spruce beetle infestation worsened in 2018. The Colorado State Forest Service said Thursday the pest was active on 278 square miles of high ...