News 12 (Video) Southern pine beetles wreaking havoc on trees in Manorville Posted: March 11, 2025 | Last updated: March 12, 2025 Some are concerned about what would happen if a fire broke out in ...

Romaine said more focus is needed on ending the decade-old infestation of Southern pine beetles, tiny invasive insects that have killed tens of thousands of trees across Long Island. Experts say ...

This finding is significant because while much of the southern pine trees have grown back, the original biodiversity was mostly from ground level savannah grasses and other plants. Land and ecosystem ...

But the large number of dead standing trees killed by the southern pine beetles in the past decade hasn't increased the risk of fire, according to forestry experts. "What drives fire is the small ...

It's hard enough to accept that a tree that was a seedling ... a professor of botany at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, visited the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, part of ...

Foundation is replanting lost forestland in the American Southeast to help address a range of threats to the landscape, including pest outbreaks.

The trees were destroyed by the Southern pine beetle. “As far as you can see, it’s dead trees,” said resident and firefighter Eric Weissbard. He said the total is in the thousands.