Seedlings aren t the only concern during droughty times. Mature pines throughout East Texas are dying at the hands of pine engraver beetles. They re having a heyday with all those drought-stressed trees, said Joe Pase, head of Forest Pest Management with the Texas Forest Service in Lufkin. But there is good news. The engraver beetles don t tend to spread out and kill as many trees as the southern pine beetle, which can devastate a pine stand.
More good news is that there is crop insurance available for timber growers.
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