This week’s column will focus on outstanding and unusual evergreens and shrubs for winter interest and even blossoms.

We received a little of our beloved snow recently, but there’s not much in the forecast for the foreseeable future. This ...

The communities along the Avenue of Pines add their own charm to the journey, offering glimpses into the distinctive culture of northern Minnesota. Deer River, anchoring the southern end of the byway, ...

A proposal to use thinning and prescribed burning to remove vegetation across portions of the Flathead National Forest ...

America’s forests are facing significant pressures, and a number have no future. However, there are several ways a ...

A plan to eventually cut almost 200 acres in the State Forest is full steam ahead as the state department that oversees the ...

Gayle Beatty and her band of researchers are convinced that the hairy beast is alive, well and living just two hours north of ...

Sixty years ago, these freshwater springs and forests were drowned by a 9,500-acre reservoir. Could the ecosystem finally be ...

Trees are the lifeblood of the forest. While alive, they form their body; as snags (standing dead trees), they provide ...

In years when pine cone production is very low, forest songbirds sometimes migrate in large numbers into cities, where they congregate around bird feeders. In these crowded conditions, salmonellosis, ...

Though the focus of his expertise is firmly rooted underground, Victor Lucero spends many hours each year working for the New ...

It’s a win-win,” said Jonathan Carr, of Carr’s Cider House in Hadley. “It is a nice break for them. It kind of breaks up the ...