When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

As you drive on Independence Pass, you may notice vibrant yellows, oranges and reds scattered among the trees. It is officially autumn in Aspen, and leaf-peeping season is here. According to the ...

After the summer months when tourism is tapering off in Flagstaff, the changing colors of the aspen trees bring people up the mountain to peep the rainbow of leaves on the San Francisco Peaks and ...

The 2023 leaf-peeping season has officially kicked-off in Colorado’s High Country, bringing pockets of fall color to mountainsides across the state. Thanks to above-average precipitation in past ...

Question: What’s the difference between a popple tree and an aspen? I hear the terms used interchangeably. Answer: Popple (or poplar) are common names for aspen trees because their genus is populus, ...

Colorado State Forest Service entomologist Dan West says the first reports of yellowing aspen leaves started in mid-August. By late last week, as sightings of possible fall foliage continued across ...

Ready your iPhones and picnic blankets: Colorado’s leaf peeping season is here. As summer wanes and fall approaches, pockets of yellow aspen trees are becoming more and more abundant. Within weeks, ...

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 ...