Forests naturally grow in clusters and patches, not perfect grids, so we’re planting the trees in a way to mimic the unique ...

Regardless, it’s a beautiful time to head out and enjoy the pine forest in ... shade of pine trees and, in the right season, spot native wildflowers, including the funky red snow plant.

Research by a Ph.D. graduate from the biology department at The University of New Mexico finds that frequent fires have the ...

The grove around the Johnstone Trail is full of dead trees, fallen branches, and dense mounds of dried needles. “Around here, you can walk through a bishop pine forest, and it hasn’t burned ...

The grove around the Johnstone Trail is full of dead trees, fallen branches, and dense mounds of dried needles. “Around here, you can walk through a bishop pine forest, and it hasn’t burned ...

When volcanic activity in the northern Hemisphere caused the temperature to plunge further, the pine forest trees became ...

They’re usually gathered in the wild, from whitebark pine trees several thousand feet above sea level somewhere in the West. The cones get shipped to the U.S. Forest Service’s Coeur d’Alene ...

She saw dead trees — many dead trees ... Kat Gray, with the Forest Service, held up a sprig with pine cones. “Lodgepole pine cones need fire to open up their fresh healthy cones and ...

The grove around the Johnstone Trail is full of dead trees, fallen branches, and dense mounds of dried needles. “Around here, you can walk through a bishop pine forest, and it hasn’t burned for so ...