It’s not just the lodgepole pines that are dying in the Colorado mountains. Thirteen percent of aspen trees in the state are now affected by Sudden Aspen Decline, which is caused by disease and ...

We have a problem with our aspen trees. Nearly all of them are sapping quite a bit and are also splitting down the sides. We live at 6,100 feet in Paonia. Last summer the leaves were mottled. Any ...

On the shoulder of Kebler Pass, about seven miles west of Crested Butte, a giant lounges in the Colorado high country. The Kebler Pass aspen stand covers the equivalent of just over 100 football ...

Ed Cooper, who lives on Purdy Mesa in the Whitewater area, loves driving up Lands End Road to the top of Grand Mesa to escape the heat. “It’s just a beautiful place,” he said. Even from his house, he ...

It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...