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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Aspen trees are one of the hallmarks of Colorado. Not only is a famous ski area and town named after the tree, but they are depicted in most of the beautiful fall pictures of the Rocky Mountains. The ...