Summit County’s forests are nearing some of the driest fuel conditions on record, according to local fire officials. Jay ...

Chuck Ogilby is proud of his trees, in particular a couple large Ponderosa pines on his Hell Roaring Ranch property off of ...

GEORGETOWN, Colo. — A massive Engelmann Spruce believed to be the oldest and tallest tree in Georgetown came crashing down Monday, destroying a 50-year-old gazebo and damaging historic park ...

The City of Revelstoke and the Columbia-Shuswap Regional District have passed motions formalizing their intention to push the provincial government to protect an old-growth forest. The proposed ...

The cutthroat trout surfaced 100 feet below me, in a slick run where the creek worked its way along a steep talus slope. The fish was out of reach, for the moment. I had just broken out of dark timber ...

In 2017, a wildfire raged across a drought-sick mountain in Southern Arizona and nearly wiped out a subspecies of red squirrel found nowhere else on the planet. In the aftermath of the Frye Fire — ...

The nation's Christmas tree that lights up the U.S. Capitol every year has come from Wyoming once. A 67-foot Engelmann spruce became the "People's Tree" in 2010, featuring thousands of LED lights and ...

The resinous scent of Engelmann spruce wafted over a shallow, mossy pool surrounded by lush sedges near the 11,800-foot summit of Ophir Pass, in southwestern Colorado’s rugged San Juan Mountains. This ...

Scientists secure jute netting over mulch on a newly planted section of the Ophir Pass fen in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. Credit: Anna Marija Helt/High Country News The resinous scent of Engelmann ...

Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), considered to be one of America’s most important naturalists, recorded in watercolor paintings over 1000 North American plants. She became known as the Audubon of Botany ...

The 2025 Larimer County Fair PRCA Rodeo will be held at 7-9 p.m. Sunday-Tuesday, Aug. 3-5, at Blue Arena, 5290 Arena Circle, with award-winning bullfighters each night, plus Hall of Fame Stock ...

The Engelmann spruce sits in Art Roberts Park in downtown McCall, and for more than 30 years it has been lit up with Christmas lights. Unfortunately, now this community tree is sick and may be dying.