They ‘go crazy’ in even-aged ponderosa pine forests, which is the makeup of that area The U.S. Forest Service is concerned that a bark beetle outbreak happening now in Narraguinnep Canyon might make ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bark beetles are dark flying insects about the size of a grain of rice that leave tiny holes in the bark and branches of trees.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A man paints limewash on an oak tree infested with the goldspotted oak borer in Orange County's Silverado Canyon in May 2024. The ...

Tree limbs and tops began falling off century-old black oak trees on the La Jolla reservation in northern San Diego County around 2014 and nobody knew why. The die off was puzzling and tribal fire ...

The Mediterranean oak borer leaves small, round holes in the cut face of wood. The Mediterranean oak borer is native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The insect tunnels beneath a tree’s ...

JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. – Joint Base Lewis-McChord is full of beautiful forests. Often, the forests are filled with Douglas fir trees, but ponderosa pine is also present. Ponderosa pine is ...

Defying its typical seasonal pattern, my beautiful backyard oak tree — which, at over 300-years-old, predates the neighborhood — recently shed its leaves unexpectedly. Upon a thorough evaluation ...

A drive to the mountains in San Diego County means you're surrounded by nature, trees especially, which have been facing a major threat from something so small you might not even notice it. You will ...

A man paints limewash on an oak tree infested with the goldspotted oak borer in Orange County's Silverado Canyon in May 2024. The beetle has spread north to Ventura County. (Allen J. Schaben / Los ...