There is a low-key battle with bark beetles underway on the flanks of Aspen Mountain. Colorado State Forest Service workers marched down steep slopes two weeks ago, stapling thousands of pheromone ...

While snowshoeing through deep powder in a stand of aspen trees recently, I noticed black and deeply furrowed bark at the base of the oldest trees. I reflected back to what a friend once told me: ...

The bark of the aspen tree, it turns out, works pretty well as a canvas. Shepherds in the West made carvings in aspen trees, and they’re still to be found in Colorado, California and other states. The ...

ASPEN, Colorado – Colo. Gov. Bill Ritter credited Aspen last night for being a leader in Colorado in dealing with the destructive aftermath of bark beetles. Ritter said the local group For the ...

(CBS4) --If you like viewing aspen trees as they make Colorado colorful in the fall, we have good news. But if you like hillside forests of spruce and pine...this may be hard to read. Research from ...

The residents and visitors to this valley are lucky to enjoy a brilliant splattering of gold among the hillsides every autumn. These beautiful yellow, and sometimes orange and red, leaves are aspen ...

ASPEN ” A bark beetle infestation that has already ravaged forests in parts of Colorado grew at an “unprecedented” rate in 2007 and affected 500,000 additional acres, the U.S. Forest Service reported ...

A Denver-based developer used Earth Day to announce that a new hotel downtown will be “carbon positive.” The developer will account for and offset the carbon emissions from the materials used, the ...

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, ...

Fall is arguably the finest season in Colorado. The air turns clear and crisp, balmy days contrast with chilly evenings and fall colors sweep through the mountains. In the foothills, smooth sumac ...