The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats “The Bug That’s Eating the Woods.” ...

Members of Colorado's task force on the Front Range pine beetle infestation met at Chief Hosa Lodge on Wednesday morning amid worries about the expected wide-ranging damage that hangs over hundreds of ...

Pine beetles are making a comeback and killing ponderosa pines across large swaths of Colorado forests, especially along the state's Front Range, as seen here near Interstate 70 and Soda Creek Rd in ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new ...

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 overwhelming number stand dead. Some of the trees ...

The rain and snow Colorado picked up this week may have helped chip away at drought conditions, but tree experts say one wet ...

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 ...