Bark Beetle Continues its Push onto the Front Range
The bark beetle epidemic has long been seen as a mountain or Western Slope problem, but that is not the case.
View ArticleAgency Launches New Database, Highlighting Colorado Clear and Beetle-Killed...
The Colorado State Forest Service is launching a database to connect consumers with Colorado businesses using clear and beetle-killed wood. The searchable list contains about 130 businesses that sell...
View ArticleMountain Visitors Cautioned About Falling Tree Hazards
Colorado forest officials say visitors headed to the mountains to enjoy autumns changing colors need to be aware of dead lodgepole pines that are at risk of toppling.
View ArticleSen. Udall Calls on Homebuilders to Use More Beetle-killed Wood
Colorado Senator Mark Udall is calling on homebuilders to use beetle-killed trees from Colorado forests to build homes a move he says will boost forest health as well as the economy.
View ArticleStudy Calls Sustained Funding ‘Essential’ for Fighting Bark Beetle Epidemic
A new study by the U.S. Forest Service says sustained funding from the government will be essential for the agency to continue its fight against the bark beetle epidemic. An estimated 41 million acres...
View ArticleBattling the Bark Beetle in Rocky Mountain National Park
In all, the bark beetle has impacted more than three million acres of Colorado forests since the first signs of an outbreak in 1996. Park officials are spraying insecticides on thousands of trees to...
View ArticleHeads Up, Hikers: Winds Continue to Topple Trees
Falling trees have been an issue in Colorado forests since the mountain pine beetle epidemic hit. But now forest officials are concerned because its not only beetle-killed trees coming down.
View ArticleTax Break for Beetle-Kill Wood Products Expands
As vacationers head to the Colorado mountains this summer, it will be hard to miss the large swaths of dead and dying trees caused by the mountain pine and spruce beetle epidemic. But a bill signed...
View ArticleUdall, Bennet Applaud Signing Of Firefighting Air Tanker Bill
A bill to speed up the contracting of seven new Forest Service air tankers has become law. President Barack Obama signed the bill Wednesday. While the new planes wont be ready to fight the High Park...
View ArticleUdall/Bennet Bark Beetle Mitigation Amendment Passes Senate
An amendment that Colorado Senators Mark Udall and Michael Bennet added to the pending 2012 Farm Bill increasing funding for bark beetle mitigation in the west, passed the Senate Tuesday.
View ArticleBark Beetle Causing ‘Viewshed Contamination’
After weathering the worst of the housing bubble burst, Colorado’s housing market is on the mend. But in pockets of the state there’s an entirely different problem that’s been afflicting individual...
View ArticleStudy: Bark Beetles Not to Blame for Catastrophic Wildfires
A new study suggests that, contrary to conventional wisdom, bark beetles do not play a major role in large-scale wildfires in Colorado and other western regions.
View ArticleTiny Beetle Still Causing Big Problems
An annual aerial survey of forest health in Colorado shows the mountain pine beetle epidemic is slowing dramatically, at the same time the spruce beetle outbreak is expanding.
View ArticleBeyond The Bark Beetle: New Report Highlights Threats To Colorado Forests
The Colorado State Forest Service released its 2012 report on the health of the state’s forests Wednesday. The annual report highlights major insect and disease concerns across the state.
View ArticleFrom Pellets to Petroleum, CO Company Hits Stride In Biomass
Have you thought much about the wood pellet industry lately?
View ArticleResearchers Tie Spruce Beetle Outbreak To Drought
Temperature alone cant predict a spruce beetle outbreak. Thats according to a new study published online in the journal Ecology .
View ArticlePHOTOS: Bigger Than Expected Damage Near Red Feather Lakes
Damage from a severe thunderstorm May 23 near Red Feather Lakes is much more extensive than the previous estimate of just 200 trees down.
View ArticleAre Bark Beetles To Blame For Increased Western Wildfires? Study Says Not Likely
Take a drive or a walk through many of Colorado's mountains, and you'll see a whole lot of dead trees. Mostly lodgepole pine killed by mountain pine beetle, the gray trees look like prime kindling,...
View ArticleBeetle Damage Primes Colorado Forests For Intense Wildfires
Bark beetle devastation has been an ongoing issue in Colorado's forests for years and remains a concern into 2018. The latest Colorado State Forest Service report says more than 200,000 acres of active...
View ArticleArchaeologists Rush To Document Mysterious Trees Before They Disappear
Walking through forests across the Mountain West, you might not realize you’re walking past historical artifacts big enough to crush you. These artifacts are pine and cedar trees that have had their...
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