Colorado researchers examine aspen trees as a mitigating factor in wildfire spread.

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Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, according to a peer-reviewed study by Western Colorado University researchers.

In 2020-2021, the researchers examined 87 randomly selected, previously sampled aspen “stands,” or groups of genetically identical trees interconnected by a shared root network.