Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. The aspen tree (Populus ... or later in the fall or exhibit a different ...

This is our celebrated tree of fall, the quaking aspen so named ... Among the states, a U.S. Forest Service report notes aspen density is greatest in Colorado, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan ...

Quaking aspen trees ... bark of the tree as “a treat in cakes, as syrup, or in its raw form.” Aspens have a soft, relatively strong wood, according to the National Forest Foundation ...

Look beyond Colorado’s shimmering yellow aspen trees for wonderful leaf-peeping this fall. Adam Moore, the supervisory forester at the Colorado State Forest ... more than 100 tree species ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly fires can turn forests to ash, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Forest Service says fire is necessary for aspen trees to thrive. Of all the various ...

The predictions mostly line up with what state forest ... leaves then fall from the tree as it creates a protective seal between leaves and branches to prepare for dormancy. Aspen leaf ...

Fall foliage outlooks say ... In the West, Kevin Smith, a tree physiologist and pathologist with the U.S. Forest Service, told USA TODAY that the aspen trees in Colorado look good.

Northern Colorado fall foliage fans, you are in for a good aspen viewing and here is when you can expect peak to arrive. Dan West, Colorado State Forest Service ... trail due to tree hazards ...

A quaking aspen tree, Pando aspen, in Fishlake National Forest, Utah. The trees are part ... packing on protein for the fall. About that same time, ranchers with permits to graze cows on nearby ...

His concern isn’t the brilliant fall foliage but what’s growing beneath the forest ... of an existing tree. The new sprout is a clone of the original tree, and many cloned aspen trees can ...

“It looks like it’s going to be a great season,” said Dan West, who specializes in forest health ... The brown leaves then fall from the tree as it creates a protective seal between leaves and ...