Spruce beetles live and feed underneath the bark of the tree in the phloem layer. A presentation presented by the San Juan National Forest Service will be available to live stream on Fort Lewis College’s YouTube channel on March 17.
Spruce beetles live and feed underneath the bark of the tree in the phloem layer. A presentation presented by the San Juan National Forest Service will be available to live stream on Fort Lewis College’s YouTube channel on March 17.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald file photo

The presentation is set to start at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Vallecito Room in the Student Union. There is no cost.

The college’s YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/FLCDurango will carry the live stream. The presentation also can be seen directly at www.http://youtube/DXHZcybbQQo.

A Colorado State Forest Service report last year cited the spruce beetle as the state’s most widespread insect threat.

An estimated 485,000 acres have been affected by 2014.

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