As temperatures rise, local officials warn residents about the Western Pine Bark Beetle, a native insect that affects ...

To assign cause for a ponderosa pine death, a number of factors must be considered. Drought, mistletoe infestation, squirrel herbivory and bark beetle attack come to mind. Although a single one of ...

Have you ever paused beneath a towering oak or maple and wondered if that rough, gnarled bark is hiding secrets? What if I ...

A mountain pine beetle outbreak is on the rise in Black Forest and across the state. The Colorado State Forest Service is ...

Sink your nose into the yellow bark of a Ponderosa and take a big whiff: It may smell more like a dessert topping than a desert pine. As a group of hikers in Arizona recently learned, there are ...

High on Flagstaff Mountain, a ponderosa pine quietly succumbed during the summer of 2020, ... After the last bark beetle infestation, which began in 2000 and dwindled in 2015, ...

The ponderosa pine had taken root decades before the Revolutionary War, making a stately stand on this western Sierra Nevada slope for some 300 years, Nate Stephenson figures.

Also known as western yellow pine, ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa) is found scattered along western North America, from southern Canada down to Mexico. The bark of this species has a rough ...

"This ponderosa pine forest is the largest in the world," Hofstetter said. "It's really old as well. ... When he drives into a stand of pine trees, he knows if bark beetles have moved in.

Bark beetle exit holes in ponderosa pine. Pheromone packets can help give trees a leg up. Sometimes, humans can play on “team tree” and assist our forest friends with pouches of synthesized ...