Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

Once beetles enter a tree, both the larvae and the adults overwinter beneath the bark, Gale confirmed. According to Gale and ...

Discover how a new AI-based method can identify aspens and standing dead trees from aerial images, providing a map of forest ...

FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall foliage but ...

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.

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 ...

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It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...

Every artist in the Colorado high country has some aspen trees in their portfolio. The trees are remarkable looking and, of course, they’re everywhere you look in and around Aspen. But every once in a ...

An ice storm in late March damaged forests across a 12 county area in the northern part of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Fallen trees and limbs have been cleared for campgrounds and roads, but some ...