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 residents can recycle their Christmas trees for free through a city program in partnership with Aspen Tree Service. The initiative, which has been in place for over five years, continues 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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

Yellowstone's wolves are helping a new generation of young aspen trees to grow tall and join the forest canopy — the first new generation of such trees in Yellowstone's northern range in 80 years.

After decades of decline, the aspen forests of northern Yellowstone are finally making a comeback, and believe it or not, it’s all thanks to the return of certain carnivores. A new long-term study has ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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 ...