How to Recognize Signs of Bark Beetles in Your Trees

pitch tube on a lodgepole pine

Bark beetles in Truckee and the Lake Tahoe region are one of the most destructive forces facing Sierra Nevada forests, and they’re nearly invisible until the damage is done. Every season we see the consequences firsthand: Jeffrey pines, white firs, red firs, and lodgepole pines that looked healthy in spring flagging red and brown by […]