Tagged: Colorado forests

Headlines:

• Forest report reveals damage by spruce beetles
• Miners back to work at Elk Creek in Somerset
• $895 million price tag to clean uranium tailings from Arkansas River
• Controlled burns planned for some 12,000 acres on Western Slope
• Increased ozone linked to oil and gas drilling in Eastern Utah
• Playoff time for local hoops players, wrestlers go to state

The spruce beetle is now outpacing the mountain pine beetle as the biggest insect threat to Colorado forests. The information was released to lawmakers in the annual Forest Health Report on Wednesday. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.