FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall foliage but ...

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

Fallen aspen. Credit: Samuli Junttila Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available aerial imagery using methods ...

Aspen forest is reclaiming the skyline of Yellowstone National Park after decades of controversy over efforts to return wolves to the ecosystem. The successful growth of a new Aspen overstory for the ...

Two seasons of beaver censuses will help direct riparian area restoration, with Thompson Creek and Fourmile Creek highlighted as high-potential sites. Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and Streams ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...

The city of Aspen will be implementing fuels reduction and forest health projects through 2026 designed to reduce wildfire ...