An annual report from the Colorado State Forest Service suggests that the prevalence of Mountain Pine Beetles has increased ...

The region’s forests are adapted to fire. It’s a natural and necessary part of the ecosystem. Today’s megafires, though, burn ...

According to the environmental assessment, this management goal is threatened by increasing tree mortality — the ... that the Douglas-fir and ponderosa pine stands in the Ray Kuhns Wildlife ...

He shared a photograph of a ponderosa pine trunk ... two major wildfires in two decades, trees stopped growing back. Coop emphasized that threats like bark beetles and invasive plant species ...

Foresters feared that the fire would blaze through more acres of ponderosa pine and mixed conifer ... wrecking fisheries. Bark beetles feed on downed trees, and when that food source disappears, turn ...

Descriptions of lodgepole pine in this summary refer to the Sierra lodgepole pine unless otherwise stated. Needles occur in pairs and are 1.2 to 2.4 inches long with sharp ends. Bark is thin and ...

Many ponderosa pine are dying due to western pine beetle ... Once beetles have gained entry to the tree through the bark, there is no way to kill them and the tree will die. Keeping trees healthy so ...

There’s a place in Bend, Oregon where two living pine trees grow straight ... it’s the place with actual trees growing through it”). Those aren’t decorative columns—they’re actual living ponderosa ...