This summer has been hot. Too hot. We are in a stage 2 drought in the Roaring Fork Valley, in a drought pattern that stretches back 20 years. When I started to research what the impact of the drought ...

Scientists say wolves helped save aspen trees in Yellowstone by eating the elk that were gobbling aspen saplings. But now bison are moving in on the aspen, eating it and knocking the trees over.

Learn the Sheleeart Bloom Technique step-by-step in this acrylic painting tutorial! Create vibrant blooms and stunning effects with ease. Perfect for artists wanting to explore fluid art techniques.

Unexpected corners of the Hotel Jerome serve as temporary galleries during this regional fair. Photo: Dan Duray for Observer There are no Ubers in Aspen, which means that everyone takes the bus. These ...

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 ...

How aspen trees help fight wildfires in Colorado A new study suggests aspen trees are more than just pretty to look at in the fall. They actually stop wildfires from spreading. A new study suggests ...

The restoration of gray wolves in Yellowstone National Park has helped revive an aspen tree population unique to the region, a new study has found. Quaking aspen, one of the few deciduous tree species ...

Such trees are old enough to spread themselves, either by sending up new shoots from their roots a fair distance from the main tree, or via seed production, he said. The researchers found tall aspen ...

Yellowstone National Park is celebrating an ecological milestone along with a key anniversary this summer, Oregon State University researchers report. A paper published in Forest Ecology and ...

Next month, Aspen Art Museum will kick off its new flagship initiative AIR, which is set to explore the role of art in an increasingly complex world. It won’t lack for guests. To lead its program, the ...

Throughout the mountains of the American West, carvings hidden on the trunks of aspen trees tell the stories of the sheepherders who made them as they passed through with their flocks. Most of the men ...