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 ...

<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 ...

Contrary to expectations that spruce beetle infestations increase the severity of wildfires in southwestern Colorado, a new study has found that this native insect may not be to blame after all.

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 ...

Drier summers and a decline in average snowpack over the past 40 years have severely hampered the establishment of two foundational tree species in subalpine regions of Colorado’s Front Range, ...

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 ...

DENVER (AP) — One type of tree-killing beetle is attacking Colorado forests at a faster pace, but another is slowing down, partly because because it’s running out of live trees to infest. State and ...

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 ...

Lunceford on Landscaping.BY LU SNYDERNEILS LUNCEFORDEvergreen trees can be expensive. There’s only a limited number that will survive in Summit County – and not all of those will survive throughout – ...