After the summer months when tourism is tapering off in Flagstaff, the changing colors of the aspen trees bring people up the mountain to peep the rainbow of leaves on the San Francisco Peaks and ...

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.

It’s only a mile long, but the new Quaky Trail No. 741 in Prescott National Forest is a handy addition to the Bradshaw Ranger District routes in the Copper Basin Area. Opened last summer, the new ...

DENVER — Something is killing the quaking aspen trees of the Rocky Mountain West. The slender, white-barked trees that paint the hills gold every autumn are dying, some scientists say, leaving bald ...

On the shoulder of Kebler Pass, about seven miles west of Crested Butte, a giant lounges in the Colorado high country. The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football ...

Looking up at the nearby hillsides, you’ll see the burned trees from the Wallow Fire in 2011. But among the destruction, there’s new life bursting through in the form of green grasses and golden aspen ...