Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The aspen forest where our team conducted our recent study. Mark R. Zierden When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest ...

A new study from Colorado State University, Western Colorado University and the U.S. Forest Service found evidence that stands of aspen trees could resist wildfires by slowing a fire’s advance or ...

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.

We hear slogans such as “net zero by 2050”, meaning we store as much carbon as we release. But the facts reveal that this goal will not be met. The world growth in energy demand, meat production, and ...

A new study from Colorado State University, Western Colorado University and the U.S. Forest Service found evidence that stands of aspen trees could resist wildfires by slowing a fire’s advance or ...

The city of Aspen will be implementing fuels reduction and forest health projects through 2026 designed to reduce wildfire intensity, improve defensible space and support ecosystem resilience, which ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...