The Sunnyside Prescribed Fire will likely smoke for a few more days as crews let the interior smolder out. Officials hope the ...

is the most widespread tree species in North America. As a keystone species, aspen provides food and shelter for many forest organisms. Without these trees, forests across much of North America ...

In some places, researchers find, logging and controlled burns encourage aspen stands to generate new trees. In northern Arizona, where the Coconino National Forest has fenced off several hundred ...

Change is happening everywhere, but it’s how living things adapt that counts — a perfect example of this is aspen forests. A new decade-long study by University of Wisconsin researchers reveals how ...

Young aspens often don't survive because of factors such as grazing elk, according to a study by Northern Arizona University researchers.

Prescribed burns conducted last week by the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday and Friday in the McKinnis and Harrison Creek ...

Routt National Forest fire and fuels staff are planning to conduct multiple prescribed burns on National Forest System lands ...

An author of a recent study about lightning's effect on trees in Panamanian forests says his team has gotten a large, positive response from people, including those who call the trees inspirational.

SALT LAKE CITY— In response to a lawsuit by conservation groups, the U.S. Forest Service pulled its authorization of logging within 147,000 acres of sensitive roadless habitat in Utah’s Ashley ...

It is the most widely distributed tree in the United States. According to the Hardwood Lumber and Veneer Series, aspen is one of our lightest woods with a 12 percent moisture content and a weight of ...