Dead and dying trees dot the landscape in the Sierra Nevada during the region's recent drought. (USDA Forest Service) Thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns may help preserve trees in future ...

Thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns may help preserve trees in future droughts and bark beetle epidemics expected under climate change, suggests a study from the University of California, ...

For now, none of the pines have had time to mature, and the highly flammable oaks, manzanitas and brush growing around them are too volatile a fuel for prescribed fires. Their ignition would likely ...

PINE — From atop the Baker Butte Lookout, a sea of evergreens, oaks and locusts spreads across the Mogollon Rim to the hazy horizon. A broad-tailed hummingbird buzzes a feeder perched on the steel ...

Hartley Park, one of many beloved and heavily used parks in Duluth, is set to see some changes. A master plan was completed in July 2014 with the help of many public meetings, public input and expert ...

It is fairly easy to determine if you need a first thinning. Walk into your stand (do not use road side trees), and look at the limbs of the tree that have green needles. Looking at the tree bole as ...

Thinning forests and conducting prescribed burns may help preserve trees in future droughts and bark beetle epidemics expected under climate change, suggests a new study. Thinning forests and ...