The Forest Service estimates the beetles killed about two-thirds of the north slope’s lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce trees over a seven-year span.
The Forest Service estimates the beetles killed about two-thirds of the north slope’s lodgepole pine and Engelmann spruce trees over a seven-year span.
Federal foresters are working to remove trees from the Uinta Mountains that were killed off by massive beetle infestations starting in the early 2000s.