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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

An insect called the western spruce budworm continues to be the most widespread forest pest in Colorado, but a bark beetle ...

The never-ending cycle of forest fires gets some ‘rare good news’ from first-of-its-kind data on the phenomenon occasionally ...

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

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 ...