However, bark beetle activity near burn scars was still observed late summer and early fall, and we’re going to continue monitoring these areas throughout 2024.” New Mexico’s Forestry ...

but attacks by spruce beetles—which also burrow through bark—are still on the rise In the Jemez Mountains of northern New Mexico, a few miles west of Bandelier National Monument, Craig Allen ...

For the last 15 years or so, these bugs have been living it up.” So begins a new short-film series that investigates the story of the bark beetle outbreak in our western forests and shows how the U.S.

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study shows.