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Walking through forests across the Mountain West, you might not realize you’re walking past historical artifacts big enough to crush you. These artifacts…
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Bark beetle devastation has been an ongoing issue in Colorado's forests for years and remains a concern into 2018. The latest Colorado State Forest…
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Take a drive or a walk through many of Colorado's mountains, and you'll see a whole lot of dead trees. Mostly lodgepole pine killed by mountain pine…
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Damage from a severe thunderstorm May 23 near Red Feather Lakes is much more extensive than the previous estimate of just 200 trees down.Over 1,000 trees…
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Temperature alone can’t predict a spruce beetle outbreak. That’s according to a new study published online in the journal Ecology. It turns out that…
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Have you thought much about the wood pellet industry lately?In you live in Colorado, chances are the answer to this question is no. For Confluence Energy…
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The Colorado State Forest Service released its 2012 report on the health of the state’s forests Wednesday. The annual report highlights major insect and…
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An annual aerial survey of forest health in Colorado shows the mountain pine beetle epidemic is slowing dramatically, at the same time the spruce beetle…
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A new study suggests that, contrary to conventional wisdom, bark beetles do not play a major role in large-scale wildfires in Colorado and other western…
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After weathering the worst of the housing bubble burst, Colorado’s housing market is on the mend. But in pockets of the state there’s an entirely…