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 ...

The record low snowpack isn't just impacting recreation on the mountain — it's presenting a real risk to Aspen's tree ...

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly ...

Starting in 2020, a team of scientists from University of California, Berkeley went on a scavenger hunt that lasted for years. Their mission: Bring back live aspen roots from across the country. With ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ready your iPhones and picnic blankets: Colorado’s leaf peeping season is here. As summer wanes and fall approaches, pockets of yellow aspen trees are becoming more and more abundant. Within weeks, ...