It's the most common tree in Douglas County, but it's also under threat from the mountain pine beetle. As Colorado Gov. Jared ...

Pine beetle infestations are quickly spreading across large areas of Colorado's ponderosa pine forests prompting action from ...

Right now, because the trees are all the same age and are in close proximity, it’s sort of a ready-made buffet for the mountain pine beetle,” Colorado’s state forester says.

Colorado leaders are sounding the alarm on a growing pine beetle outbreak that experts say could kill millions of trees and significantly increase wildfire risk near some of the Centennial State's ...

The terrifying beetle-kill headlines from the mid-2010s were as relentless and depressing as the swaths of rust-red dead lodgepole on your favorite drives or hikes in Grand County. Coloradans wondered ...

Jul 6, 2025 Jul 6, 2025 Updated Aug 4, 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 ...

Many in this region are blessed with an abundance of mature native and introduced pine trees. While these are amazing for privacy, year-round interest and the familiar feel of Colorado at home, they ...

PARKER (KDVR) – The history of the Christmas tree dates back to pagan winter customs. Later in history, German Christians put apples on fir trees to represent Adam and Eve. Fast-forward to now, where ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado's Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over ...