This summer has been hot. Too hot. We are in a stage 2 drought in the Roaring Fork Valley, in a drought pattern that stretches back 20 years. When I started to research what the impact of the drought ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it’s all ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Wolves were reintroduced to ...

What looks like barren land can change rapidly with the return of a single species. The aspen tree grows quickly, spreads through its root system, and supports entire ecosystems around it. From ...

Learn more about why the story of how wolves saved Yellowstone National Park’s aspens is more complicated — and more ...

Long ago, Hispanic sheepherders carved names, dates and drawings into Valles Caldera’s aspens. Can a small team of surveyors ...

On one of the friendliest platforms imaginable, a ferocious battle rages. While mowing its way through the surface of a trembling leaf, an aspen leaf miner meets one of its kind. Instead of offering a ...

Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West says the first reports of yellowing aspen leaves started in mid-August. By late last week, as sightings of possible fall foliage continued across ...