The mountain pine beetle, dendroctonus ponderosae, is native to the forests of western North America. Mountain pine beetles, as those involved in forestry know, have been around for a long time but ...

The mountain pine beetle left a pitch tube left in a pondersoa pine tree as other dead trees stand in the background on Don Hardin’s property in Black Forest Friday, July 3, 2025. (The Gazette, ...

Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an overwhelming number stand dead. Some of the trees ...

Colorado’s warm and dry winters have tipped the balance in a long-running ecological tug-of-war. The mountain pine beetles, native insects to the Centennial State, have recently exploded in numbers in ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new ...

The Colorado State Forest Service and its federal counterpart flew over 36.6 million acres of the state’s forests in 2023 to assess its health. Despite last year being wetter and cooler, forest pests ...

The mountain pine beetle epidemic that is racing through the Black Hills reached the city limits of Rapid City late last year, prompting the city to provide free surveys of landowners to determine if ...

People fighting the pine beetle epidemic in the Black Hills are worried these days about both bugs and bucks. The federal budget is still unsettled, but short-term funding resolutions are already ...

Take a walk in the woods in Summit County and study the bark in the pines. Chances are high that you’ll spot some divots and channels carved out by none other than the infamous pine beetle. We know ...