A new study from Colorado State University, Western Colorado University and the U.S. Forest Service found evidence that stands of aspen trees could resist wildfires by slowing a fire's advance or ...

Warming temperatures continuously impact mankind, wildlife, major corporations and propositions at all levels of government, but for Flagstaff forests, climate change is a catalyst for countless ...

When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation means a bigger, faster moving fire. Two recent studies, one covering the ...

In the mountains of south-central Utah, on the edge of Fish Lake in Sevier County, stands a grove of quaking aspen that looks ...

Pando, a Utah aspen colony, is a single ancient organism. This massive organism spans 106 acres and weighs approximately 6,000 tonnes. Scientists estimate its root system is at least 16,000 years old.

Yellowstone's wolves are helping a new generation of young aspen trees to grow tall and join the forest canopy — the first new generation of such trees in Yellowstone's northern range in 80 years.

Morning dew remains on Aspen leaves along Highway 67 west of Divide Colorado Sunday, October 2, 2011. Thousands of people headed into the mountains Sunday to see the Aspen color on what may have been ...