The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats “The Bug That’s Eating the ...

Pitch pine forests serve as habitat for birds such as prairie warblers and indigo buntings, as well as rare species of moths, like the pink sallow and the clearwing hummingbird moth, which is, yes ...