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The Mountain Pine Beetle has damaged 3.6 million acres of trees in the high country of Colorado and Wyoming. Now the beetles are starting to attack trees in neighborhoods in metropolitan areas.
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Up and down the Front Range, the Mountain Pine Beetle is chewing its way through trees, mostly Scotch and Ponderosa Pine.
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Some property owners have lost trees that are about 200 years old.
The beetles usually attack the trunk of the tree about 10 to 15 feet above the ground, but you can fight back.
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Little says, "And then there's also a new product that's actually an injection in to the tree."
But you have to act fast.
Once you start seeing the first signs of damage the Mountain Pine Beetle can destroy it in six months to a year.
Francisco Uviña, University of New Mexico
Hardscape Oasis in Litchfield Park
Ash Nochian, Ph.D. Landscape Architect
November 12th, 2025
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