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The Whitebark Pine tree is on the decline, and scientists are working hard to try to save the threatened species.Picture the tree-line right before you get into the alpine. In the winter, there’s massive snow storms, and in the summer there’s a short growing season – Whitebark Pine thrives there.
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A new USDA Forest Service and Colorado State Forest Service survey finds that spruce beetles continue to be the most damaging pest in Rocky Mountain…
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Scientists at the University of Wyoming are studying how moose respond to bark beetles killing their forest habitats.The insects have destroyed a lot of…
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Plenty of studies have shown how bark beetle infestations have decimated evergreen trees throughout the Rocky Mountain region, but research scientists...
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Standing behind a card table filled with stacks of pamphlets, Joy and Duane Koewn greeted people as they walk into the Forest Service’s open house in…
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114,000 new acres of bark beetle kill has been detected in an aerial survey done by the State Forestry Division for 2014. Most of that is in Bridger-Teton…
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Forests affected by the bark beetle epidemic are just as capable of recovering from wildfire as unaffected forests, according to new research from the…
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Bark beetles have ravaged western forests in recent years, leaving behind huge swaths of dead trees.In a series of ten short films premiering in Wyoming…
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Pine and spruce beetles have killed millions of trees across Wyoming and the West. To many, the dying forests are visually unattractive. But there’s a…