This new project by U.S. Forest Service is a culmination of multiple groups efforts, including the Central Appalachian Spruce Restoration Initiative (CASRI) and the Southern Appalachian Spruce ...

Tongass National Forest encompasses 17 million acres and is home to bald eagles, salmon, and bears. Get a bird's-eye view of ...

An international study has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a ... bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a cohesive, forest-wide phenomenon. The discovery, published in the journal ...

This is a forest type map of Eastern Spruce-Fir. The forest cover type illustrated on this map is determined by where it most frequently occurs within its native range and at the frequency of ...

The name speaks for itself — Sitka Spruce Park on Amaknak Island has dozens of spruce trees, creating a rare forest-like sanctuary. Regional lands are known for their tundra valleys filled with ...

Spruce trees that experienced long-term droughts were more resistant to future ones, while pines acclimatized to wet periods were more vulnerable.

Folks are working to prevent the Spruce budworm population from getting out of control in our Northern Maine Woods.

in 2021. The spruce budworm is a forest caterpillar that feeds on tree leaves until they are able to transform into a moth. Those moths lay around 10 egg masses, which can hold more than one ...

The spruce budworm is eating its way through the ... in the buds," said the DNR's Forest Health Specialist Eric Otto. The native insect is hatching right now and feasting on the foliage so much ...

A ground breaking international study has revealed spruce trees not only respond to a solar eclipse but actively anticipate it by synchronising their bioelectrical signals hours in advance into a ...