Recent wind events, downing trees, plus dry conditions are coaxing an increase in ips and mountain pine beetles ...

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 ...

It's the most common tree in Douglas County, but it's also under threat from the mountain pine beetle. As Colorado Gov. Jared Polis sounds the alarm about pine beetle outbreaks, there are steps ...

ST. PAUL - The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is hosting a public meeting on a state quarantine proposal for mountain pine beetle. The proposed quarantine would stop people from knowingly ...

Jul 14, 2025 Jul 14, 2025 Updated Jul 14, 2025 Don Hardin’s hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Colorado State Forest Service and its federal counterpart flew over 36.6 million acres of the state’s forests in 2023 to assess its health. Despite last year being wetter and cooler, forest pests ...

The mountain pine beetle is the size of a grain of rice, but it has recently destroyed large swaths of forests in the US and Canada. The mountain pine beetle is the size of a grain of rice, but it has ...

A dead pine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, June 2013. The pine has the characteristic popcorn-like pitch tubes indicating beetle infestation. CATHY WURZER: It's Minnesota Now here on MPR News.

Alias: Mountain Pine Beetle, or Pine Borer. Adults are quarder-inch long black beetles. The larvae are white and can be found under the bark when peeled back. Both adults and larvae live under the ...