A new volunteer opportunity for fans of the outdoors known as the “Tree Steward” volunteer program is coming soon to Sartell.

Minnesota foresters are still dealing with the big blowdown that occurred in Bemidji last summer, hoping this year's fire ...

In December, high winds knocked down a towering white pine tree in the Charles Baber Cemetery. The uprooted pine fell toward the 1300 block of Market Street, damaging at least two of the ...

Choosing a tree or shrub without considering its mature size is a recipe for big trouble. A too-large plant or one that is planted too close to a building or path may grow to buckle the sidewalk or ...

The snow is intercepted by a conifer snow umbrella that keeps the snow off the ground. The thick interlacing needles of hemlock, pine, and spruce intercept about 60% of the snow. This phenomenon also ...

The role of soil and forests in greenhouse gas sequestration has been studied for a long time. However, forests are also home to invisible organisms that may affect the climate. "Soil, water and ...

The conservation district provides these plants at a low cost to encourage residents to support wildlife and improve soil and ...

Mt. Graham is known as a sky island, a mountain ecosystem surrounded by a “sea of desert.” Its isolation makes the Mt. Graham ...

Freezing winds, intense snow, and short growing seasons shape them. Ice and snow kill the growing tips (the apical buds), and fierce winds distort branches, killing windward limbs and resulting in ...

A new national monitoring program provides, for the first time, area-representative knowledge of semi-natural grasslands in Norway. The results show that this habitat covers a larger area than ...

A key negative feedback in models of anthropogenic climate change is that more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere means ...

A trio of hunters set out into the Canadian backcountry to search for bighorns. The only problem? The weather, the country, and their horses.