Spruce Beetle Outbreak (IMAGE)

University of Colorado at Boulder

Spruce Beetle Outbreak

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A new CU-Boulder study indicates the current spruce beetle epidemic in Colorado, including on Wolf Creek Pass shown here, is caused primarily by drought.

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