by Web Editor | Feb 19, 2016 | News, News/PR
Millions of acres of Colorado’s native forestlands have been impacted by bark beetles in the past two decades, and now an exotic tree pest – the emerald ash borer (EAB) – is threatening the state’s planted urban forests. The potential economic impacts of EAB in the...
by Web Editor | Jun 4, 2014 | News, News/PR
Pine beetles are obliterating forests throughout Colorado and the U.S. West, draining budgets as property values decline and threatening tourism at national parks, including the home of Mount Rushmore. Voters in Colorado communities raised taxes to protect ski resorts...
by Web Editor | Apr 19, 2013 | News, News/PR
Members of the Western Governors’ Association, including Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, said forests are in such bad shape the federal government should turn to industry — like logging — for help. “We have been concerned for some time that federal forest lands...
by Web Editor | Sep 12, 2012 | News, News/PR
A pine beetle outbreak that has left many Western states with vast stands of dead and dying trees has eased for the second consecutive year, the U.S. Forest Service said Monday. With fewer trees left for the beetles to eat, officials said a 2011 aerial survey recorded...
by Web Editor | Aug 6, 2012 | News, News/PR
Western forests could be facing a 100-year drought, turning to scrubland by the end of the century – and taking their ability to soak up carbon with them, according to a new study. The new research, published in Nature Geoscience July 29, suggests the western...