HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - The Alabama Forestry Commission said what they’re seeing now is the worst outbreak of southern pine beetles in almost 25 years. A widespread of pine trees in the Bankhead ...
Pitch tubes, or nodes of tree sap, which indicate the presence of the southern pine beetle, are visible on a pitch pine tree at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Shirley in 2014. The beetles, ...