It can be a challenge to find a tree that thrives in a cold climate, but it's not impossible. Plant this fast-growing conifer ...

REMER, Minn. — Judging by the view from a gravel road north of Remer, Minnesota, the forest is fine. Maybe some dry patches in spots, sure. But nothing that would grab your attention as you drive by.

The tamarack, or eastern larch, is a deciduous evergreen tree that sheds its needles in the fall, only to regrow them the following spring, forming a whorl at the end of the twig, which makes ...

SUMPTER, Ore. — This week, we explore eastern Oregon for a golden opportunity to travel from the rails to the trails near Sumpter and then into the Elkhorn Mountains. The Powder River is a small, cool ...

About a million acres of tamarack trees grow in Minnesota, mostly in buggy bogs like this one. But since 2000, the eastern larch beetle has wiped out 15 percent of them. It's only the third major ...

As a result, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is trying to accelerate tamarack timber auctions in hopes that some of the remaining trees can be harvested while they are still ...