Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last year’s floods, droughts and heat equaled a tough time for trees. Be on the lookout for stressed pine trees. Pine bark beetles ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Pine Bark Beetles are found under the bark of local pines. The location on the tree will help determine which of the five ...

It’s May 18, I’m sneeking a few minutes from work to be outside on the deck with my pets. I hear a loud motor running somewhere in the neighborhood and a swoosh-wooshing sound. I go to investigate and ...

Help! We have a pinyon pine that was planted 10–12 years ago. The bottom part turned brown a couple of years ago. We thought it might have been the ips beetle and aggressively sprayed for that, which ...

Ponderosa pines have a great defense mechanism for dealing with bark beetles. When attacked, they pitch out the beetles with their resin. But some years, these tiny native insects, about the size of a ...

BUTTE, Mt. — Since mid-June the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest has been diligently working to protect individual pine trees from mountain pine beetles. The workforce has nearly completed ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has caused ...

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Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes the ...