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Entomologist Amanda Grady studies a stand of aspen trees off of the Spring Valley Road in Kaibab National Forest. The stand has die-off related to an infestation of oystershell scale insects. (Wendy Howell/WGCN)

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It was another dry day in northern Arizona, and at 6,500 feet, on the Spring Valley Road in Kaibab National Forest, the aspen trees should be quaking in the slight breeze and throwing a shadow over the ground. But this stand is different, gray bare trunks shoot high into the sky where just a thin canopy of leaves flitter about.

By Wendy Howell July 17, 2018