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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.

Aspen, Colorado is a destination for luxury ski resorts. Every summer, the snow melts, and residents—both part-time and year-round—turn their sights to Aspen Art Week, growing larger than ever ...

Yellowstone National Park is celebrating an ecological milestone along with a key anniversary this summer, Oregon State University researchers report.

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

The day before the Aspen Security Forum began, all of the Department of Defense officials scheduled to speak dropped out, apparently due the Aspen Institute being “antithetical to the America ...

Aspen Motorsports Park, a race track outside Aspen, is on sale for $23 million. It includes 45 acres and sits at an elevation of almost 8,000 feet.

Investors say Aspen jewelry CEO stole millions meant for diamonds “Mr. Ferder did not actually buy diamonds with most of the money that he obtained from investors, including the plaintiffs ...

Reintroduced Wolves Are Helping Baby Aspen Trees Flourish in Northern Yellowstone for the First Time in 80 Years, Study Suggests The apex predators, restored to the park in 1995, appear to be ...

This story has been updated with a statement from the Aspen Institute. The Pentagon abruptly pulled several of its top officials from speaking this week at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado ...

The researchers found that even modest increases in aspen cover dramatically reduced the rate at which fires spread. Their findings suggest that aspen forests can act as natural firebreaks, which ...

Aspen police say the man, George Kallas, 51, tried to grab the gun of an officer while being arrested for theft on Monday night near the public restrooms by Wagner Park.