What we're seeing in Northern Utah canopies, and when it can be treated. Updated as the season turns.
Ips bark beetles are about the length of a grain of rice. By the time the top of a spruce goes red, the beetles have usually been inside …
26 Aug 2026 · Act now
Hot, dry weeks bring spider mites onto dwarf alberta spruce. The needles go bronze and gritty rather than brown and brittle, which is the tell.
4 Aug 2026 · Window closed
Wet springs leave sycamores dropping blotched leaves through summer. It looks alarming and is rarely fatal, but repeated years wear a tree down.
17 Jul 2026 · Watch
Northern Utah soil locks iron away from the roots. The blade goes pale while the veins stay green. A tree that looks bleached is usually hungry, not dying.
28 Jun 2026 · Treat now
