'A forest of dead trees': University of Utah study looks at new insect killing Utah's fir trees

A small, invasive insect that can only travel via wind or by latching onto birds and other animals is setting up shop within Utah's long-stressed conifer forests and wrecking havoc on some portions of the state's subalpine fir population.

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