Q: I have always loved the look of blue spruce, and I see many Maryland nurseries stocking them. I’ve heard that I should consider alternatives. Why? A: Every plant has something it can be vulnerable ...

DENVER (KDVR) — For the ninth consecutive year, the spruce beetle remains the most damaging forest pest in Colorado. To the Colorado State Forest Service (CSFS), this isn’t a huge surprise. In 2020, ...

Dear Roger: The National Arbor Day Foundation just sent me a brochure and an offer of 10 free trees, mostly Colorado blue spruce trees, if I'll join and pay a $10 membership contribution. Could you ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The devastation caused by spruce beetles across Colorado forests accelerated for a fourth consecutive year, according to a new survey, while the once ...

The beetles killing spruce trees in epidemic proportions across Colorado attacked forests at a faster pace in 2014. Meanwhile, the mountain pine beetle epidemic slowed dramatically, likely because the ...

<CBS4) - It's been a tough sight for many to see -- spruce fir forests dying off because of the Spruce Beetle. Now a new report by Colorado State University says above-average temperatures could make ...

DENVER — Colorado forestry officials say the state’s spruce beetle infestation worsened in 2018. The Colorado State Forest Service said Thursday the pest was active on 278 square miles of high ...

Spruce trees killed by beetle do not correlate wth higher wildfire danger, CU-Boulder researchers find. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia. Contrary to expectations that spruce beetle infestations increase ...

Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...