HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - The Alabama Forestry Commission said what they’re seeing now is the worst outbreak of southern pine beetles in almost 25 years.A widespread of pine trees in the Bankhead National ...

Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes ...

This Sept. 20, 2013 photo provided by the USDA Forest Service shows a southern pine beetle completing metamorphosis into an adult that will attack a pine tree, at Kisatchie National Forest, in ...

A cell tower made to look like a pine tree stands near an entrance to the 110 Freeway in South L.A. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) “When they are talking about trees — well, what’s ...

Dead pine trees due to the Southern Pine Beetle on Nov. 9, 2023. Credit: John Roca. By John Asburyjohn.asbury@newsday.com JohnAsbury Updated December 5, 2023. Share.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. - Southern pine beetles are popping up more and more throughout Alabama and trees are being impacted. According to the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC), nearly five thousand southern ...

The pine beetles were once confined to the southern United States, but warmer winters have allowed them to spread north. They first appeared on Long Island in 2014 and have moved as far as Cape Cod.

Earlier this summer, the largest known eastern white pine in the world was recorded in the southern Adirondacks. The tree, nicknamed “Bigfoot,” is 151 feet tall and over 16 feet in circumference.

Southern pine beetle 101. Although smaller than a grain of rice, southern pine beetles can devastate swathes of pine forests, feeding and eventually killing its preferred victims − southern and ...