COLORADO SPRINGS, Colorado ” Chinese beetles are being enlisted to fight an invasive tree species that is choking stream banks across the West. Officials looked to the ladybug-sized beetles when they ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado – Beetles that eat trees are the good guys in the fight to save water and native plants in western Colorado. With the help of volunteers, Mesa County has released 2,500 ...

Editor's note: This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah ...

COLORADO SPRINGS ” Chinese beetles are being enlisted to fight an invasive tree species that is choking stream banks across the West. Officials looked to the ladybug-sized beetles when they looked for ...

PHOENIX – The tiny seedling was brought over from Eastern Europe and parts of Asia nearly 200 years ago and planted along riverbanks across the United States, mostly in the Southwest, to prevent ...

CLARKDALE, Ariz. — Matt Johnson treks along an Arizona riverbank and picks out a patch of yellow-tinged tamarisks. He sweeps a cloth net across the trees, hoping to scoop up beetles that munch on ...

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. ” Groups trying to eradicate tamarisk from a 56-mile stretch of the Colorado River in western Colorado could apply for a $5 million federal grant, but they can’t decide who ...

(Beyond Pesticides, July 22, 2014) As drought persists across the western U.S., farmers, ranchers, and government authorities looking for solutions to water worries have picked a tough battle, and ...

Matt Johnson treks along an Arizona riverbank and picks out a patch of yellow-tinged tamarisks. He sweeps a cloth net across the trees, hoping to scoop up beetles that munch on their evergreen-like ...

More than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over river banks throughout the US Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate the exotic ...

Jul 28, 2020 Jul 28, 2020 Updated Sep 1, 2021 The sound of revving chain saws and crackling tree limbs filled Palisade’s Riverbend Park on Monday morning as Western Colorado Conservation Corps crews ...