Dead and decaying trees provide essential shelter for many wildlife species during cold weather. Numerous birds, including woodpeckers and bluebirds, rely on cavities in dead trees for nesting. Fallen ...

With this recent warm spell melting the snow and exposing the bare bones of the forest floor, we can suddenly see all the low greenery that manages to persist through winter, often hidden beneath the ...

Aspens and standing dead trees, which are important to forest biodiversity, can be reliably identified from openly available aerial imagery using methods developed by researchers from the University ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Twenty years after the 2002 McNally fire scorched the Sierra, the forest shows dramatic recovery. Dead trees and ...

Mark Harmon crouches low next to log number 219: a moss-covered western hemlock tree trunk, five meters long, lying dead on the ground in the lush green woods. It’s marked by a thin aluminum tag. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone loves to see beautiful, full, well-proportioned, valuable trees. We look at them for timber value and for their ...