Su Valley Voice for April 18th, 2018: Spruce Beetles

Multiple spruce trees have been cut in Downtown Talkeetna after being infested by bark beetles, including in front of the House of Seven Trees Hostel. Photo by Phillip Manning – KTNA.

This week on Su Valley Voice, KTNA’s Phillip Manning was joined by Jason Moan and Stephen Nickel from the Alaska Division of Forestry to discuss spruce bark beetles in the Northern Susitna Valley.  They covered signs if beetle infestation, preventative measures, and the implications of the upswing in beetle population.