Pine Beetles

Dr. Scott Kenner, head of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at SD School of Mines and Technology and his Grad student Brian Freed join…

The House Appropriations committee killed a bill that funds South Dakota’s fight against Pine Beetles. Lawmakers say the bill is duplicate legislation of…

For nearly two decades, the mountain pine beetle has spread across hundreds of thousands of acres of the Black Hills National Forest leaving behind…

It’s cold outside. Parts of the Black Hills could see nighttime temperatures diving close to 20 below zero in the coming days.But for some people, it's…

Pine beetles, the federal budget, forest fires and climate were topics at a press conference last week at the Forest Service office in Custer. Tom…

Lumber harvested from pine-beetle infested trees carries a distinctive stain that can range in color from light blue to grayish black. Custer carpenter…