by Web Editor | Mar 20, 2017 | News, News/PR
Considered one of the biggest causes of economic loss in forestry in the southeastern U.S., the southern pine beetle is a real threat to the region’s wood products industry. This year’s concerns stem from a record-setting drought in the area, which caused many...
by Web Editor | Jul 27, 2015 | News, News/PR
A recent study by U.S. Forest Service and university researchers shows that thinning and prescribed fire can protect stands of southern pines on a landscape level from infestations by southern pine beetle. The results, published online in the Journal of Forestry, also...
by Web Editor | Jan 17, 2014 | News, News/PR
If you’re looking for something positive about the deep freeze that gripped New Jersey last week, it could be a slowing of the southern pine beetle infestation. But foresters caution that cold weather is only part of the equation. “If you have sustained cold, it will...
by Web Editor | Dec 9, 2013 | News, News/PR
Deep in the woods, the whine of chain saws pierced the fall air, and Steve Garcia shouted a warning to fellow loggers as a 40-foot pitch pine crashed to the ground. He was chopping down trees to save the forest as part of New Jersey’s effort to beat back an invasion...
by Web Editor | Sep 26, 2012 | News, News/PR
According to a report released Sept. 10 by the United States Forest Service, the number of dead trees on 750 million acres of public and private forests across America is on the decline for the second straight year. The report, Major Forest Insect and Disease...