For property owners, the beetles present a vexing scenario, as some scramble to keep their trees alive while others mourn the loss and embark on the oftentimes costly removal process.
“Once your tree has been infected, it’s kind of too late,” Schmidt said. “So if you are starting to see signs of beetle activity or dust around the trunk, you’re going to eventually have to probably take that tree down.”
She also recommended cutting and processing trees in fall, winter and early spring — before or after the spruce beetles fly, usually from May to early August. He said that the cost to take down spruce trees varies depending on multiple factors, including size, quantity and location within the property. The least expensive option, having a service cut the tree down and clean it up yourself, costs roughly a few hundred dollars. But if the service removes branches and wood or grinds the stump, or if a tree is particularly tricky, additional costs can pile up.
Jeff Lathrom has begun the process of filling his woodshed with spruce bark beetle killed trees on his 10-acre property near Buffalo Mine Road north of Palmer on Wednesday, July 20, 2022. “It was covered in spruce,” Lathrom said as he motioned across the flat clearing. “And when they died off, it was like, ‘Well, now what do we do with the land? Well, that’s where we’re gonna build our barn.’ ”
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