This is the first year that Michael Bernd has had to extensively maintain the wooded area around his three-acre property on Casper Mountain. Last year, Muddy Mountain saw a larger infestation of pine beetles killing trees. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
As the only way a tree can defend itself from attack, pitch is being secreted as pine beetles infest the area near Michael Bernd's property on Casper Mountain. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
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