State Forestry Division releases report indicating tree deaths tripled in 2025

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

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 have been mapped in New Mexico. 2025 saw a rapid expansion of bark beetle-caused deaths with 209,0…

State Forestry Division releases report indicating tree deaths tripled in 2025

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Tree deaths are on the rise in New Mexico, indicated by a new report from the New Mexico Forestry Division recovered from aerial surveys from 2025 into early 2026. State Forestry officials attribute the rapid rise in tree deaths to the second warmest year on record, leading to drought and a large volume [...]

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

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 have been mapped in New Mexico. 2025 saw a rapid expansion of bark beetle-caused deaths with 209,0…