by Web Editor | Mar 2, 2015 | News, News/PR
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving $37 million dollars to South Dakota so a number of forest districts in the country can be thinned, including one district in the Black Hills. Sixty-five hundred acres in the Hell Canyon Ranger District of the Black Hills...
by Web Editor | Dec 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
A tiny pine beetle that has wiped out tens of millions of acres of forest in the western United States and Canada could be close to invading Minnesota’s majestic pines. Although the mountain pine beetle is about the size of a grain of sand, they have devoured 45...
by Web Editor | Aug 15, 2014 | News, News/PR
From the air, the green fabric of the Black Hills National Forest landscape is stained with red spots and gray streaks. The less verdant areas are the toll of several years of mountain pine beetle infestation. And yet, despite the loss of thousands of trees, a flight...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2014 | News, News/PR
The mountain pine beetle epidemic has affected many people, from scientists asking new questions to campers watching favorite spots succumb to clear-cuts. A new video series produced through a partnership between two local institutions examines the range of people...
by Web Editor | Mar 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
If there’s a silver lining to the endless cold and snow of this winter, it’s that struggling forests are getting a reprieve from the toll of invasive insects. For decades, winters have been too warm to kill off insects, creating a never-ending population...
