The lodgepole pine is found on high mountain slopes at elevations above 6,000 feet and is typical of the upper foothills, in the wettest parts of the eastern slope and on western slopes in fire ...

Fire, disease, logging — these are mortal enemies to most trees. Yet the lodgepole pine seems to thrive after disaster, and that is a bit of good news for Summit forests devastated by the mountain ...

SUMMIT COUNTY — Fire, disease, logging — these are mortal enemies to most trees. Yet the lodgepole pine seems to thrive after disaster, and that is a bit of good news for Colorado’s high country ...

Lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) is the most widespread pine species in North America; ranging from the Yukon to California’s Baja. The Latin part of its scientific name “contorta” refers to the twists ...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — Scientists predict that lodgepole pine — one of the most common trees at higher elevations in the Cascades and Rockies — will be largely gone from the Northwest by 2080 because of ...

Forecasts for hot, dry weather and lightning storms -- plus a widespread beetle infestation -- threaten to spark a summer wildfire season more active than last year's. And officials need look no ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... SILVERTHORNE — The mountain pine beetles that have ravaged about 3 million acres of Colorado and southern Wyoming forests may be exhausting their primary ...

Police find drug filled cars while investigating $40k copper wire theft in Ballard A Ballard construction site has been plagued by a series of thefts over the past four months, with the most recent ...

GRAND LAKE, Colorado – It is amazing that the mountain pine beetle, which is only from one-eighth to one-third inches long, can cause such extensive damage in the lodgepole pine forests of Colorado.

Scientists have been investigating the effect of mountain pine beetle outbreaks on lodgepole pines in British Columbia. They have discovered that seeds from cones on the forest floor may provide a ...

Scientists have developed a computer model that predicts the lodgepole pine – one of the most common trees at high elevations in the Cascades and Rockies – will be largely driven out of the Northwest ...