An undated Aerial view of bark beetle-killed ponderosa pine on portion of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar (Courtesy of Crystal Tishler U.S. Forest Service) Tree deaths in New Mexico forests ...

The number of conifer trees dying in New Mexico’s forests from bark beetle attacks more than doubled last year to 70,000 acres, especially near burn scars left by wildfires in 2022. Bark beetles ...

Earlier this year, the USDA/USFS Aerial Detection Monitoring sector released the R5 ADS Final Report (aka the 2023 Aerial Detection Survey Results for Region 5) highlighting the tree mortality rate in ...

GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA, Calif. – Each year aerial observers for the USDA Forest Service ride in small fixed-wing aircraft 1,000 feet above California forests. Their focus isn’t on the views or the ...

Pine weevils (Hylobius abietis) are a major threat to the successful establishment of conifer seedlings, particularly in boreal and temperate forests. Their feeding on the basal parts of emerging ...

MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to check needle-bearing trees for signs of a harmful disease and report their findings to the department.