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Additional Information

BSOA Special Projects » Tree Pests » Additional Information

For more information concerning tree pests in our area, please click on the links below to access USDA Forest Service and BSI resource materials.

USDA Forest Service- Western Spruce Budworm in the Interior West
USDA Forest Service- Mountain Pine Beetle in the Intermountain West
USDA Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 2 (revised May 2009)
USDA Forest Insect & Disease Leaflet 53 (revised June 1986)
USDA Forest Service- Bark Beetles Are Your Trees at Risk?
BSI- Identifying Conifers & the Pests That Like Them
BSI- Dichotomous Key for Trees with Needles in Big Sky