SANTA FE ― The defoliation of Douglas-fir and White fir on several thousand acres on the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger District of the Santa Fe National Forest appears to be coming to a natural end. 

 

In August, specialists from Forest Health Protection out of the Forest Service’s Southwestern Regional Office in Albuquerque documented an outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth (DFTM), a native defoliating insect that feeds on the trees’ needles, in the Cañada de los Alamos area near Shaggy Peak.

 

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