A new fire management plan for Glacier National Park will incorporate prescribed burning and other forest treatments into the park's ongoing efforts to prevent wildfires. Since the fire management ...

Nine years after the 2012 High Park Fire burned a stand of lodgepole pine that had been severely affected by the mountain pine beetle, lodgepole and aspen saplings were rebounding on this slope in the ...

The hiring freeze, along with layoffs of U.S. Forest Service workers tasked with mitigation, could leave the state less ...

Today, though, the longstanding fire patterns that gave rise to lodgepole pines are shifting. A growing body of research suggests that larger and more frequent fires, fueled by climate change, will ...

Comparing pollen records from three lakes in different geological substrates highlights the influence of geology and climate on long-term vegetation development.

Our mission that day was to spray blue paint marking trees for removal on the conservation easement between the Thunder ...

Certain plant species, like lodgepole pine, depend on fire for regeneration, as their cones require heat to open and disperse seeds. However, not all wildfires are natural or beneficial.

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Cathy Whitlock, Regents Professor ...

A new fire management plan for Glacier National ... open topography of the meadows and ponderosa pine stands, but lodgepole pines have since crept in, making the area more prone to catastrophic ...