Aspen trees aren't just a pretty sight in the fall, they could also be a valuable tool for crews as they fight wildfires in the state.

Aspen trees aren't just a pretty sight in the fall, they could also be a valuable tool for crews as they fight wildfires in the state.

Twelve years after the Aspen Fire roared over the Catalina Mountains, once-blackened slopes are showing expanses of bright green new growth — a heartening sign that the forest is on the road to ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Older trees in an Eastern Oregon forest are perishing “at an alarming rate,” according to researchers. A new study led by James Johnston, an assistant research ...

Some parties are about being seen. This one’s about showing up. I arrived at Merry-Go Ranch last Saturday evening, where the drinks were flowing and the energy felt easy — elevated, but relaxed. The ...

Many American schoolchildren grow up learning that Yellowstone was the world’s first national park. But across the globe in Mongolia, just south of the capital, Ulaanbaatar, a mountain holds a ...

Eastern Oregon's Malheur National Forest boasts some of the state's oldest trees, including pine and larch that live more than 500 years. But many of those ancient trees are dying at an alarming ...

Between 2012 and 2023, a quarter of trees more than 300 years old in randomly located sites in roadless areas died, a University of Oregon study found. A triple whammy of drought, bug infestations ...