The skier, who was wearing a helmet, died on Friday, December 19 after colliding with a tree. The skier was taken to Aspen Valley Hospital, according to Aspen resort. A skier died on Aspen Mountain in ...

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, ...

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Skyler Stark-Ragsdale, The Aspen Times A skier died on Aspen Mountain Friday following a collision with a tree, according to a statement released by Aspen ...

While bark beetles have been slowly infesting trees in Aspen, winter won’t offer any respite. Aspen is currently home to the Douglas-fir beetle, the spruce beetle, the mountain pine beetle, Ips ...

Editor’s note: This story first appeared in Mountain Journal. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — Around Crystal Creek, where the road bridges the Lamar River at the fringe of Yellowstone National Park’s ...

Aspen (Populus tremula) is an important keystone species. Only a small percentage of the trees in Finnish forests are aspens, and actual aspen stands are even rarer. Aspens nevertheless host more than ...

The first case of aspen running canker in the territory was confirmed by field crews from Wilfrid Laurier University and the N.W.T. forest health surveys last year. Tamara Merritt has more. LNG ...

There’s much to admire in an aspen tree. Its expansive presence for one; stands of aspen cover 5 million of Colorado’s acres — that’s 20% of the state’s forested land. Its captivating capacity for ...

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 ...

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...