Answer: Aspens are a unique tree. When we see beautiful groves of them growing wild in the mountains, we seldom look closely to observe the insects and diseases which are right there with them. They ...

In northern Yellowstone National Park, saplings of quaking aspen, an ecologically important tree in the American West, are being broken by a historically large bison herd, affecting the comeback of ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Considering how quickly fires can turn forests to ash, it may come as a surprise that the U.S. Forest Service says fire is necessary for aspen trees to thrive. Of all the various ...

Angel Watkins and co-workers in Colorado blame many culprits in the decline of the Aspen. JT Thomas It's a relentlessly sunny day in the Rocky Mountains, and here at 9,000 feet, on the Grand Mesa in ...

Yellow aspens frame the wood of an old building in the St. Elmo Ghost Town west of Nathrop last week. Last week, Julie Korb was hiking around the mountains of Telluride when she came by an unfortunate ...

DENVER (KDVR) — What changes colors, shakes and covers five million acres of Colorado? Quaking aspen trees — they’re a “symbol of the Colorado high country,” according to Colorado Encyclopedia. The ...

image: A bison bull breaking aspen saplings and eating aspen in the Lamar Valley in northern Yellowstone National Park. Overstory aspen trees have died and fallen to the ground as seen in the photo, ...

Last week, Julie Korb was hiking around the mountains of Telluride when she came by an unfortunate sight. It was an aspen tree, not one yet showing off the shiny leaves we seek this time of year.