Each year, Keystone and the Forest Service assesses the mountain to decide which areas would benefit most from tree planting, Schifani said. The Forest Service runs the project. Keystone, as a resort ...

As temperatures drop, trees shake off the summer greens. In southern Utah's mountains, fall is fleeting, so now is the time to take in all the scents and sights autumn has to offer.

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 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.

Engelmann spruce is widely distributed throughout the mountains of the western United States and Canada. It occurs from central British Columbia and Alberta as far south as New Mexico and Arizona. It ...

I picked up a road burrito at Alpha Coffee and headed up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Earth Day is coming Tuesday, April 22, but Alta Ski Area always gets into the action early. And what better a place ...

As you ride up Tumbelina, Panorama or Breezeway lifts at Monarch Mountain, check out the trees beside the lift. You’re likely to see a healthy line of Engelmann spruce, laden with bunches of brown and ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Ages and diameters were measured in mature stands for each of 507 ponderosa pine, 541 lodgepole pine, 141 limber pine, and 217 Engelmann ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. In the middle of the last century, Montana produced more than 4 million Christmas trees. The ...

In the middle of the last century, Montana produced more than 4 million Christmas trees. The trees came primarily from the northwest corner of the state, earning the town of Eureka the nickname ...