Douglas County Commissioners have chosen to continue discussion on a controversial proposed Colorado development around the town of Castle Rock. The 530-acre proposed Pine Canyon development would ...

Hidden in the foothills of the stunning Rocky Mountains, Pine, Colorado, often referred to as Pine Grove, Colorado, is a stunning mountain town along the South Platte River. While it may be a small ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... John Wark, Special to The Denver Post The Pine Gulch wildfire burns north of Grand Junction, Colorado on Thursday evening, Aug. 20, 2020. By John Wark, ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (CBS4) - The Pine Gulch Fire is now the third largest fire in Colorado history. It has burned 87,778 acres, 494 more acres than the High Park Fire in 2012. The Hayman and Spring ...

DENVER – The mountain pine beetle epidemic that ravaged Colorado’s lodgepole pines for two decades is over because most of the vulnerable trees are dead, but a second bug that attacks spruce trees is ...

Jul 6, 2025 Jul 6, 2025 Updated Aug 4, 2025 Don Hardin's hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an ...

A tiny, unassuming Colorado insect has been spotted making a big mark on lodgepole pines. Foresters are finding that the insect, called pine needle scale, has been causing lodgepoles to appear sickly, ...

The smell is always the first indication. The Colorado pinyon pine – technically, Pinus edulis, aka two-needle pine, two-needle piñon or simply piñon – smells much, much sweeter and sappier than other ...