MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Pine forests are important to the environment. But recently, outside factors plague the health of pine trees in Alabama. Last year, southern pine beetles devastated ...

The beetles have an average mortality of 191 pine trees per location. Officials said the number of southern pine beetle spots has increased throughout the summer with the number of trees expected to ...

Longleaf pine forests in Alabama are making a comeback—thanks to fire The Poarch Band of Creek Indians burns a rare ecosystem to heal it, a few dozen acres at a time. By Jamie Dickman ...

The Alabama Forestry Commission says this is the worst outbreak of southern pine beetles in almost 25 years.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - The Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC) is sounding the alarm, saying southern pine beetles have reached epidemic levels in forests across our state. There is an insect and ...

Eight pine trees are bunched together along the Madison Ave. right-of-way, just off of I-55 in Madison. They have died recently and need to be taken down because they pose a public-safety risk.