ASPEN ” At least 125 trees infested with pine beetles will be removed atop Smuggler Mountain near Aspen via helicopter and trucks this summer, and other measures will be taken to ward off further ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – The U.S. Forest Service’s increased focus on removing dead trees along roads, trails and campgrounds won’t hit Pitkin and Garfield counties nearly as hard as Eagle and Summit ...

New research from Western Colorado University shows that the long-held conventional belief about aspen trees being resilient to wildfires is more than just an anecdotal assumption. Matt Harris, a ...

Thanks for publishing the picture of the tree removal on Saturday (“Timber time,” Aspen Daily News, Oct. 12, page 4). My wife and I welcome the chance to tell the whole story. We do not arrogantly ...