We live in a neighborhood just north of F½ and 25 roads with several older aspen trees (15–18 years old) in the neighborhood. We have a large, full aspen tree that has lots of brown leaves on it next ...
It was during the wonderful days of late autumn some 20 years ago that I encountered the bigtooth aspen for the first time. I have one particularly vivid memory of spotting the leaves of this species, ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Leaves were ...
Editor’s note: This is the first of two parts. Look for the second part in Sunday’s Vail Daily. EAGLE COUNTY — The Colorado blue spruce is the state tree, but it is the quaking aspen that is the best ...
Editor’s note: This is the second of two parts. The first part ran in Saturday’s Vail Daily. EAGLE COUNTY — Native tribes used aspen trees medicinally. They made tea to reduce fever using the bark, ...
It is the season of envy in Colorado. The all-too-brief time of year when we admire our forests in their finest states — awash in gold. It is, of course, aspen putting on the dazzling displays. This ...