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With Utah’s dry climate and extreme weather, Utah faces many of the same wildfire threats as California in January. Could Utah be next?
Twelve years after the Aspen Fire roared over the Catalina Mountains, once-blackened slopes are showing expanses of bright green new growth — a heartening sign that the forest is on the road to ...
Explore inspiring mountain front yard ideas from Colorado chalets to elevate your landscaping with rustic charm and stunning ...
She has a profound love for Mount Vernons, plural. One, the home of Washington. The other, the small Ohio city where she was ...
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 ...
Matthew Evans, a restoration ecologist with Yukon Seed & Restoration, gently shook a mason jar half-filled with tiny aspen seeds."Guess how many seeds are in this jar?" Evans asked.According to him, ...
Some fruit trees are notorious for producing a big crop one year and a much smaller crop the next. Here's what to know and what you can do about it.
For decades, fireworks lit up the skies above Aspen Mountain as the culminating spectacle of the city's Fourth of July festivities. The vibrant pyrotechnic display was a long-standing tradition, ...
All tree leaves have an outer layer called the epidermis, which can also be used in the identification process. This leaf "skin" always has a waxy cover called the cuticle and varies in thickness.
Tree trunks are more than just wood—they’re living records of everything a tree’s been through. From growth spurts to natural ...
An average maturing tree under optimal conditions can transport up to 10,000 gallons of water only to capture about 1,000 usable gallons for the production of food and adding to its biomass.
Fire dangerA number of small fires have occurred in the Valley recently. A passenger van explosion up Snowmass Creek Road on ...