Over the past decade the Mountain Pine Beetle (Dendrocthonus ponderosae) has killed millions of pine trees from New Mexico to the Yukon Territory, as a result of an unprecedented explosion in their ...
"Pine trees contain resin, which acts like oil, intensifying fires when ignited. This resin causes wildfires to burn faster, ...
The Western Pine may be Idaho’s state tree – but another type of pine tree is notable for its age and resilience in Idaho’s ...
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Mountain Pine Beetles damaged hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in the Black Hills over a 20-year epidemic stretching from the mid-1990s to the mid-2010s. Experts say ...
NorthWestern Energy is in the middle of their yearly statewide powerline inspection — and to tackle this massive task — ...
From valley bottoms all the way to the tree line, nearly every single pine has been killed by an enemy smaller than a thumbtack: the mountain pine beetle. Tour British Columbia, and the scale of ...
Latest developments suggest that ancient whitebark pine trees that have been preserved for almost 6,000 years have been discovered in the melting ice regions of Wyoming's Rocky Mountains ...
"Most mountains are now filled with fallen leaves and pine trees... This accumulation has become a significant factor in accelerating the spread of wildfire," says Baek Min-ho, a disaster ...