The results show that drought, higher temperatures, the amount of spruce forest, and clearcut edges were the most important factors. The trees left along the edge of a clearcut are likely ...

A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems explores how different management strategies affect beetle diversity in spruce plantations severely impacted by bark beetle outbreaks. The research ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources annual Forest Health Report, the current spruce budworm outbreak is the worst Minnesota has experienced since 1961. Acres with spruce ...

Klongerbo is concerned about the outbreak of spruce budworm ... and it really contributes to a buildup of the fuels in the forest here and makes our wildfire hazard pretty much out of control ...