In Idaho in 2022, Douglas-fir beetles caused tree mortality on more than 30,000 acres of land; western pine beetles affected 2,400 acres, and mountain pine beetles caused damage on more than 6,000 ...

In Idaho in 2022, Douglas-fir beetles caused tree mortality on more than 30,000 acres of land; western pine beetles affected 2,400 acres, and mountain pine beetles caused damage on more than 6,000 ...

Josh Farley is a reporter covering the military, and the occasional Douglas-fir tree, for the Kitsap Sun. He can be reached at 360-792-9227, [email protected] or on Twitter at @joshfarley.

Another native bark beetle, the Douglas-fir beetle, continues to cause significant tree mortality in the state's central and southern mixed-conifer forests.

In Eagle County, there were 780 acres of Douglas fir bark beetle infestation in 2022. The cumulative amount since 1996 is 14,000 acres.

A Douglas fir beetle outbreak has resulted in the loss of more than 1,000 trees on Mount Helena, and the city of Helena’s Open Lands Division is working this spring to address the outbreak that ...

Bark beetles have impacted nearly 80% of Colorado’s pine forests, and yet ecologists say the devastation is a sign of climate ...

Property manager James Bailey looks at a dead Douglas fir among several dead western red cedars at Magness Memorial Tree Farm in Sherwood, Ore., Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.

“That’s not to imply that all the Douglas fir trees on that 10% are dead or dying, but it is noticeable,” Bennett said in an interview. “It’s pretty significant.” ...

Observers who are noticing dying conifer trees around the Roaring Fork River watershed can blame the Douglas-fir beetle. The valley has avoided many of the insect infestations that have decimated ...