California’s Dead Trees Stand Ready To Burn

At the height of California’s fierce wildfire season, the Sierra Nevada and North Coast forests are choked with tens of millions of dead trees, from gnarly oaks to elegant pines that are turning leafy chapels into tinderboxes of highly combustible debris. Ground crews...
“Heads Up” In Colorado Forests This Fall

“Heads Up” In Colorado Forests This Fall

Hikers, hunters and fall leaf lookers headed to the mountains in Colorado this fall should be aware that huge stands of lodgepole pines in beetle-killed areas are past due to fall at any moment, based on observations from Colorado State Forest Service foresters. Ryan...