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Tree deaths in New Mexico tripled in 2025 as warming summers increases insects, stress on forests

Tree deaths tripled in New Mexico during the second warmest year on record, according to new analysis of the state’s forest health from the U.S. Forest Service and New Mexico Forestry Division. Spruce beetle-killed trees near blowdown in the Carson. Photo by Crystal Tischler, USFS. Over the last decade, 291,000 acres with spruce beetle-killed trees […]

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