When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

The record low snowpack isn't just impacting recreation on the mountain — it's presenting a real risk to Aspen's tree ...

A partnership between an advocacy group and a government agency aims to increase Latino visitorship to public lands, and — anecdotally, at least — it’s working. Defiende Nuestra Tierra, the Latinx ...

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 ...

Utah is home to one of the world’s largest organisms. It takes up about 106 acres and likely weighs more than 13 million pounds. But you could drive right past it and not know it was there. Because ...

The city of Aspen manages 3,115 narrowleaf cottonwood trees — roughly 27% of Aspen’s “urban forest.” Cottonwoods provide the leafy backdrop to Rio Grande Park, shade the gables of West End Victorian ...

Ed Cooper, who lives on Purdy Mesa in the Whitewater area, loves driving up Lands End Road to the top of Grand Mesa to escape the heat. “It’s just a beautiful place,” he said. Even from his house, he ...