by Web Editor | Feb 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Millions of acres of Colorado’s native forestlands have been impacted by bark beetles in the past two decades, and now an exotic tree pest – the emerald ash borer (EAB) – is threatening the state’s planted urban forests. The potential economic impacts of EAB in the...
by Web Editor | Feb 8, 2016 | News, News/PR
There are promising results from 2015’s battle in the two decades of warfare between Black Hills National Forest and the mountain pine beetle. The latest surveys of the national forest and surrounding land show that the beetle epidemic has slowed overall,...
by Web Editor | Jun 12, 2015 | News, News/PR
“Annually, 30,000 acres is what we’re treating,” said Craig Bobzien, supervisor of the Black Hills National Forest. “We’re trending up in acres thinned every year, steadily increasing based on our capabilities.” With national legislators pushing for more and faster...
by Web Editor | Mar 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
Mountain pine beetles have left vast tracts of dead, dry trees in the West, raising fears that they’re more vulnerable to wildfire outbreaks, but a new study found no evidence that beetle-infested forests are more likely to burn than healthy ones. In a paper...
by Web Editor | Feb 13, 2015 | News, News/PR
National forest officials in Colorado and Wyoming said Monday that they plan to reopen more campgrounds and change tactics as a massive outbreak of the mountain pine beetle wanes. Workers will now turn their attention more toward removing dead trees to prevent them...
