The number of conifer trees dying in New Mexico’s forests from bark beetle attacks more than doubled last year to 70,000 acres, especially near burn scars left by wildfires in 2022. Bark beetles ...

An undated Aerial view of bark beetle-killed ponderosa pine on portion of the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar (Courtesy of Crystal Tishler U.S. Forest Service) Tree deaths in New Mexico forests ...

SANTA FE – Tree deaths in New Mexico’s forests more than doubled from 2023, according to the new Forest Health Conditions Report released by the Energy Minerals and Natural Resources Forestry Division ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) — Twice as many trees died in New Mexico’s forests from 2023 to 2024, according to the Forest Health Conditions report released on Monday. The New Mexico Forestry Division says ...

Mar. 29—Every year, John Formby spends weeks flying in a plane above New Mexico's forests, looking for trees with signs of insect damage and stress from heat and drought. The state forest health ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Piñon pine nuts are a holiday staple in New Mexico, but recent challenges have impacted their supply. The piñon pines, New Mexico’s state tree, have faced difficult years, ...

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – Wildfires have left communities devastated across New Mexico, but it’s not just people who are affected. All that destruction takes a toll on the trees left standing. 2024 was a ...

Dead, barren trees mixed with some green, healthy trees on the Hermits Peak-Calf Canyon burn scar on Nov. 30, 2022. The New Mexico Forest Health Conditions 2024 survey assessed trees in the burn scar ...