Dr. Lindsay Branham, an environmental psychologist, scholar, author, Emmy-nominated filmmaker and Aspen Times columnist, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aspen forest where our team conducted our recent study. Mark R. Zierden When we walked with a colleague into an aspen 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 ...

Two seasons of beaver censuses will help direct riparian area restoration, with Thompson Creek and Fourmile Creek highlighted as high-potential sites. Pitkin County Healthy Rivers and Streams ...

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 ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

While evergreen trees are a staple of Christmas, they mean so much more to Aspen and the surrounding White River National Forest than holiday decoration. According to Aspen City Forester Heather Gale, ...

Twelve years after the Aspen Fire roared over the Catalina Mountains, once-blackened slopes are showing expanses of bright green new growth — a heartening sign that the forest is on the road to ...

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 ...

For 30 years, Aspen has held the title of Tree City USA, one granted by the Arbor Day Foundation to communities that meet four requirements: The city must maintain a tree board or department, meaning ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike ...