(Otto De Groff) Bristlecone pines in Utah’s Johns Valley north of Bryce Canyon National Park, like this one photographed May 26, 2022, are beginning to die from bark beetle attacks. A new study by the U.S. Forest Service has documented the first known instances of beetle-induced mortality among Great Basin bristlecones, the Earth’s most long-lived organism.
Environment and open lands reporter Brian Maffly joins host Daedan Olander to discuss his reporting on a bark beetle epidemic that is killing Utah’s notoriously resilient bristlecone pines.
Hear all of these stories in the Monday, Aug. 1 episode of ‘The Daily Buzz’ podcast. You can listen to both today’s episode and past episodes on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SoundCloud.
Videography and production by Bethany Baker.
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