SHAVER LAKE, Calif. — There’s something eerie about this forest in the southern Sierra Nevada. Tangles of bony branches obscure the ground. Dead trees stand gray and bristly. An aura of doom hangs ...
The weather is good, the fuel is ready, so Arizona forest managers are conducting prescribed burns in the coming weeks.
A new study found some of the forests in California's Sierra Nevada no longer match their climate. About 20% of conifers in the Sierra Nevada are experiencing "vegetation climate mismatch." The lead ...
Indigenous people have long used fire to care for the land, and tree rings suggest those fires helped mitigate drought and ...
A forest community not typically recognized in most descriptions of Adirondack vegetation is the “upper slope hardwood-conifer forest”. This community is very similar to the mixedwood type except red ...
A warming climate has left a fifth of the conifer forests that blanket California's Sierra Nevada stranded in habitats that no longer suit them, according to a study published last week by researchers ...
Peak fall foliage in Montana typically occurs in mid-October, with aspens, cottonwoods and elms providing most of the color.
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Scientists have discovered a record number of dead fir trees in Oregon, in a ...
Insect-driven tree mortality is rising across Europe, according to an international study led by the Czech University of Life ...
An op-ed published recently in the MV Times, “Conduct environmental impact report on the State Forest,” drew attention to an important circumstance in the history of the project to clear-cut acres of ...
On April 26, 2026, less than six months from now, the world will mark the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear ...
GREENVILLE, Calif. — A burn scar in Northern California offers an unsettling glimpse into what forests across the Sierra Nevada could become. Bare tree carcasses are strewn across the dun-colored ...