Image acquired Sept. 11, 2005, before beetle infestation
An annual aerial survey of forest health in Colorado shows the mountain pine beetle epidemic is slowing dramatically, at the same time the spruce beetle outbreak is expanding.
A new study suggests that, contrary to conventional wisdom, bark beetles do not play a major role in large-scale wildfires in Colorado and other western regions.
After weathering the worst of the housing bubble burst, Colorado’s housing market is on the mend. But in pockets of the state there’s an entirely different problem that’s been afflicting individual homeowners and home values.
