DOUBLE SPRINGS - The Alabama Forestry Commission and Winston County Extension's tree giveaway will be Thursday, March 6, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. while supplies last at B & B Motors, 15085 Hwy. 278, Double Springs.
WINSTON COUNTY - The Alabama Forestry Commission announced last week that Southern pine beetle infestations have reached "epidemic" levels in the state and identified Winston County and the Bankhead National Forest among the worst hit areas.
The August 22, AFC press release said the organization had identified nearly 5,000 SPB spots, "with an average mortality of 191 pine trees per spot," across Alabama as of that date, but on Tuesday, Aug. 27, Acting Bankhead District Ranger Tyler Fish said there are over 1,000 individual spots in the Bankhead alone.
