by Web Editor | Feb 25, 2013 | News, News/PR
As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees’ very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the pests. Emerald ash borers (EABs), a type of beetle native to Asia, first...
by Web Editor | Nov 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
Bark beetles driven by drought may be leaving millions of dead trees behind, but they may also leave behind more diverse, complex and healthy forests than Northern Colorado has seen in more than a century. A U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station study...
by Web Editor | Oct 8, 2012 | News, News/PR
The Southwest is headed for a mega-drought in our lifetime, the likes of which haven’t been experienced in more than four centuries, according to a recently published study by a coalition of scientists. The likely result will be a mass die-off and redistribution of...
by Web Editor | May 30, 2012 | News, News/PR
It appears that bark beetles are attacking more than just the trees. Research conducted outside Steamboat Springs has found that the beetles that have decimated pine and spruce forests throughout the western United States have also inadvertently contributed to the air...
