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Bark beetles will overwinter in Aspen’s already-infected trees

While bark beetles have been slowly infesting trees in Aspen, winter won’t offer any respite. Aspen is currently home to the Douglas-fir beetle, the spruce beetle, the mountain pine beetle, Ips ...
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It's a 'Fir-mageddon!' Why and where Douglas fir trees are declining in our region

In southern Oregon, they call it “fir-mageddon.” That’s where we first began to notice the rapid decline of the Pacific Northwest’s largest and most prolific tree. The Douglas fir is not only the ...
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Douglas fir die-off spreads into Willamette Valley amid drought

Douglas fir dieback is spreading from southwest Oregon into the Willamette Valley. Long-term drought has led to swaths of weakened trees increasingly killed off by insects and disease. The flathead ...
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Aspen mobilizing community to combat ‘zombie forest’ on Ajax

Kairos Futura and Aspen Center for Environmental Studies are partnering to mobilize the local community in order to save Douglas-fir trees on Aspen Mountain by mitigating for bark beetle outbreaks.
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JBLM Forestry team fights back against bark beetle outbreak

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord is full of beautiful forests. Often, the forests are filled with Douglas fir trees, but ponderosa pine is also present. Ponderosa pine is ...