A large outbreak of the eastern spruce budworm is defoliating trees and stressing or killing them, which can then help fuel ...

The Big Trees of Iowa program, created by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division, celebrates the largest ...

A team of Colorado River Fire Rescue’s wildland firefighters is on the ground in northern Minnesota this week, helping to ...

The spruce budworm is a native forest insect causing concern across Minnesota’s coniferous forests since at least 1954.

The eastern spruce budworm is a native insect that munches on balsam fir, leaving some 1,100 square miles of trees defoliated ...

Wildfires are burning through thousands of acres of forest in Northern Minnesota, damaging buildings and forcing residents to evacuate their homes.

The devastating wildfires that are consuming thousands of acres of forest in northern Minnesota have been exacerbated by the actions of a wood pest. Commanders responding to the trio of wildfires ...

The Spruce Budworm has been feeding off Minnesota forests for decades — and while their outbreaks come in waves, at times decades apart, experts on the pest say they've been on a rampage recently.