DENVER — For 25 years, Jon Weekley has been turning Colorado trees killed by bark beetles into furniture he says is built to last generations.

Weekley, owner of Medicine Wolf Log Furniture on Santa Fe in Denver, uses locally sourced aspen and beetle-kill pine to craft beds, tables and chairs. Jon Woodley at Medicine Wolf Log Furniture, preparing an aspen log for use in a bed frame.

“It was a family interest. My grandmother was an antiques dealer, and my parents were collectors, so I've always been interested in furniture and craftsmanship of furniture,” Woodley said. “We spend our time building stuff that’s going to be around for a long time.”

Beetle-kill pine gets its distinctive blue streaking from a fungus the insects carry. Beetles have been killing millions of trees in Colorado

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