by Web Editor | Apr 6, 2018 | News, News/PR
Spruce beetle activity continues to decline on the Rio Grande National Forest according to 2017 aerial survey data. The tiny bark beetles spread into 7,000 acres of uninfested forest last year, as compared to infesting 22,000 acres in 2016. They were still active on...
by Web Editor | Jan 27, 2017 | News, News/PR
Spruce beetle was the most damaging forest insect pest in Colorado for the fifth consecutive year, based on a 2016 forest health aerial survey conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Rocky Mountain Region. Douglas-fir...
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 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...
by Web Editor | Feb 5, 2014 | News, News/PR
There’s good news and bad news for Colorado forests, according to state and federal officials, who said last week that the mountain pine beetle epidemic slowed dramatically in 2013, while spruce beetles continued to spread. Statewide, mountain pine beetles were active...