by Web Editor | Oct 28, 2013 | News, News/PR
A recently published study by U.S. Forest Service researchers evaluates potential revenues from harvesting standing timber killed by mountain pine beetle in the western United States. The study shows that while positive net revenues could be produced in West Coast and...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
Bark beetles driven by drought may be leaving millions of dead trees behind, but they may also leave behind more diverse, complex and healthy forests than Northern Colorado has seen in more than a century. A U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station study...
by Web Editor | Nov 7, 2012 | News, News/PR
Results of a new study show that episodes of reduced precipitation in the Southern Rocky Mountains, especially during the 2001-2002 drought, greatly accelerated a rise in numbers of mountain pine beetles. The overabundance is a threat to regional forests. The research...
by Web Editor | Sep 26, 2012 | News, News/PR
According to a report released Sept. 10 by the United States Forest Service, the number of dead trees on 750 million acres of public and private forests across America is on the decline for the second straight year. The report, Major Forest Insect and Disease...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2012 | News, News/PR
Populations of a tiny beetle that has devastated many forests in the West may finally be on the decline. The mountain pine beetle infestation is showing signs of finally abating after about 10 years of attacks throughout the west, which have killed millions of trees...