As temperatures rise, local officials warn residents about the Western Pine Bark Beetle, a native insect that affects ...

The Emerald Ash Borer, an invasive species of bark beetle that was discovered in Colorado in 2013 and has been expanding through the state, has the potential to damage the Colorado landscape. And ...

Yes, you can eat fresh aspen bark, but it's not recommended. Here are three options you might find delicious in the outdoors.

Aspen bark is not like the bark of a pine tree or Douglas fir or any other conifer. These white trunks don’t have that protective, rough shield.

Only three mountain counties in Colorado were hit harder than Pitkin County by Douglas fir bark beetles in 2022 while only two experienced more infestation than Eagle County.

You can also rub some chalky aspen bark on your hands and clap to create a cloud, which looks great in slow motion, Davenport said, or toss up some leaves in front of you and let them cascade down.

Off-white, light gray, or even greenish in color, aspen bark has a superpower — it conducts photosynthesis. Unlike other deciduous trees that lose their leaves in fall and become dormant, ...

What caught my eye was the bark- it was clearly green almost luminous against the swirling snow and gray mountains. I’m pretty sure this was a quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) or as many of ...

I was looking at and photographing aspen in the West Elk Wilderness, but the aspen at the trailhead had conspicuous growths that I had not previously noticed. Skip to content. All Sections.

Not aspens though! If you look at the thin bark of an aspen tree you will notice shades of tan and green, a hidden message for those that are observant enough to notice. Aspens have the magical ...

Aspen bark gleams white and feels like suede. (Glenn Cushman - Courtesy photo) Berries were ripening, and we nibbled on rose hips and golden currants.

The aspen is a keystone Western tree species known for its vivid fall foliage and its smooth white bark, which is puckered by black scars where the trees have dropped branches they no longer need.