“The driving factor (in the tree’s decline) is that white pine blister rust, and that’s working synergistically with mountain pine beetle, the altered fire regime, climate change,” Abbott ...

“The driving factor (in the tree’s decline) is that white pine blister rust, and that’s working synergistically with mountain pine beetle, the altered fire regime, climate change,” Abbott ...

infestation by mountain pine beetles and a deadly fungus called blister rust — they're collectively killing this tree. Losing whitebark pine on the landscape does not mean just losing one type ...

The trees are fighting an uphill battle. The invasive blister rust fungus, mountain pine beetle infestations, changing wildfire patterns and climate change all threaten this keystone species.

As you might be aware, El Paso County and much of Colorado is seeing an uptick in mountain pine beetle (MPB) activity. MPB is a native insect that usually attacks weaker trees as part of a natural ...

Researchers at the University of Alberta have investigated how fungal pathogens affect the ability of trees to defend against attacks by mountain pine beetles. "Different fungal pathogens can ...

Earth’s oldest, knotted and scarred pine trees ... how individual trees aged. So Munné-Bosch and Pasques decided up the ante. They studied young, adult and extremely old mountain pines in ...

Mountain Pine Beetles are native to Colorado, and Till said the recent population increase may be due to increased stress on trees. He added those stressors can be anything from fires to lack of ...

Mountain pine beetles are bark beetles. They're about the size of a grain of rice and they spend virtually their entire life under the bark of pine trees, gaining nutrients from those trees.