Germany is losing its forests — and fast. In the central Harz region, over 90% of spruce trees are dead or dying because of climate change and pests. But there may be a silver lining to these ...

The last outbreak happened during the 70s and 80s, killing about 25 million cords of spruce and fir which resulted in ...

The native insect that feasts on the short-lived conifers has exploded throughout much of the state’s northeastern region at a level not seen since 1961 The eastern spruce budworm — a native ...

The lesser spruce bark beetle (Hylurgops palliatus) is a pest of coniferous trees. This pest usually attacks stressed or dying trees. It is native to Europe and has been found in three northeastern US ...

The dying tree features exposed logs with the main trunk covered in vines and can generate on dark oak, spruce, and other trees. On the other hand, the fallen trees consist of a single upright ...

The work was made possible through the Arrowhead Forest Partnership, an agreement between the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service and five northeastern Minnesota ...

are dead or dying,” the bulletin reported. It wasn’t strictly an environmental concern. At the time, balsam fir was second only to the spruce as the tree most used in paper production in ...