Even-aged forest management is geared towards timber production with ecosystem health as a lesser consideration. This creates ...

Forest in spring. Credit: Shutterstock When you think about big trees, likely what comes to mind are some of the Earth’s biggest trees, like giant sequoias or redwoods, which can grow to roughly 25 ...

One of North America’s oldest food forests stands tall in Chester County thanks to decades of agroforestry started by John W.

Gray wolves were reintroduced in Yellowstone National Park in 1995 to help control the numbers of elk that were eating young ...

The oldest of our white pines are tall and elegant. Because they have grown old within a forest — as opposed to seeding in on an old pasture — they have long since shed their lower limbs, and their ...

He was one of two discoverers of the world’s tallest tree in 2006 (called Hyperion, at 380 feet tall), as well as the second- and third-tallest trees in California’s Redwood National and State ...

4 solutions for trees and forests threatened by a hotter world. Most important, of course, is to cut the emissions that are heating the planet. But beyond that, there are ways to help forests adapt.

Tall trees in Central Amazonia are impacted by periods of high maximum temperatures, which can cause them to shed their leaves and branches. With deforestation increasing, forests are becoming ...

Scientists found forests need one to two centuries to adapt to climate changes, far slower than current global warming.

U.S. Forest Service Climate Adaptation Specialist Andrew Bower can’t find his trees. From the small town of Packwood, the site of Bower’s experiment in the future of forestry under an ever ...