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The balsam woolly adelgid, a tiny nonnative flightless insect, is spreading across the American West killing subalpine fir in northern Utah's recreation-heavy mountain ranges and canyons. Rsearchers ...

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It’s that time of year again: crisp mornings followed by warm afternoons; the sounds of birds as they return from migration, pairing up and building nests; the sights of crocuses and forsythia in ...

(KUTV) They may be tiny, but beetles munching on Utah trees are leaving dead landscapes in their wake. These pesky insects are on the move, and they bring with them devastating consequences to the ...

A nonnative tree-killing insect is invading northern Utah, attacking subalpine fir and potentially triggering yet another die-off of the region’s long-stressed conifer forests. Introduced from central ...