But the real threat to our forests in the High Country west of Denver is not from bugs, but from the public agencies ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is warning that mountain pine beetles could devastate Ponderosa Pine forests along the Western Front Range within the next two to three years.

The mountain pine beetle, dendroctonus ponderosae, is native to the forests of western North America. Mountain pine beetles, as those involved in forestry know, have been around for a long time but ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Many southern Coloradans would tell you one of the things they love about living along the Front Range is that there are few bugs, but there still are some. One of those insects, a ...

The mountain pine beetle left a pitch tube left in a pondersoa pine tree as other dead trees stand in the background on Don Hardin’s property in Black Forest Friday, July 3, 2025. (The Gazette, ...

As you might be aware, El Paso County and much of Colorado is seeing an uptick in mountain pine beetle (MPB) activity. MPB is a native insect that usually attacks weaker trees as part of a natural ...

In an annual winter tradition in Custer, South Dakota, hundreds of people participate in the Burning Beetle fest to raise awareness of the destructive impact of the mountain pine beetle. Firefighters ...

CHEYENNE – The mountain pine beetle outbreak that spanned almost two decades is all but over locally, but dead and dying trees remain. Since the outbreak’s beginning in 1996, the pine beetle has ...

ASPEN – Local forest observers will have to wait until autumn before they know whether an experimental effort to halt the spread of mountain pine beetles Aspen’s Smuggler Mountain had the desired ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. — In what's become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. - A mountain pine beetle infestation in the forests of Montana could have an impact on the Cabin Gulch Fire. Experts say that there are millions of mountain pine beetles in the forest ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle effigy in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness of the ...