Fire managers expect conditions will be favorable on Monday to ignite the 900-acre Sunnyside Prescribed Fire on National Forest System lands one mile north of Aspen, according to a press release from ...

Recent U.S. Forest Service staffing cuts have impacted mountain communities interfacing with public lands across the country ...

In October 2023 the Forest Service authorized the Aspen Project, which would have bulldozed habitat for bighorn sheep, deer, elk, bear and raptors, including imperiled northern goshawks. The forest ...

More information: Michael T. Stoddard et al, Multi-decadal aspen dynamics show recruitment bottleneck across complex mountain community, Forest Ecology and Management (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco ...

FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...

The Aspen Fire Protection District’s deputy chief of operations, Jacob Andersen, is the sole finalist for the organization’s ...

Comprised of Aspen forests, wetlands and sagebrush, it supports several diverse ecosystems and has a resident elk herd of over 300. It’s also a major water source with multiple ponds and the ...

Aspen Trail in Lower Hixon Forest is temporarily closed to allow for the replacement of an existing pedestrian bridge.