From microbes to four-legged critters, dead trees play an essential ... compared to smaller debris like pine needles and twigs. That’s why deadwood does not contribute as much to quick-fire ...

he has "never seen anything like this." "This is really a hazardous tree emergency," he said. "There are literally thousands and thousands of dead standing pine trees that are hazardous to health ...

there’s very little you can do to stop that,” she said. The forests in the national park have been ravaged by mountain pine beetles over the last 20 years. The insects leave pine trees dead ...

he has “never seen anything like this." “This is really a hazardous tree emergency,” he said. “There are literally thousands and thousands of dead standing pine trees that are hazardous to ...