From bark patterns to pit-and-mound topography, these 10 clues help hikers identify old-growth forests on their next ...

For more than 20 years, conservationists have been fighting a tiny insect killing the region's hemlock trees. Efforts to protect the trees through insecticide and the deployment of natural predators ...

At SUNY ESF's Pack Forest, researchers are thinning hemlock stands before a devastating invasive insect arrives.

One sultry day last July, under skies dimmed by smoke from forest fires burning in Canada, Neil Pederson, 55, a senior forest ecologist with Harvard Forest, searched Green Lakes State Park for old ...

FRANKFORT, MI — Part of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be closed this summer due to the northern advancement of an invasive tree-killing pest. The Old Indian Trail off M-22 near ...

Are you a hiker or a biker? A discoverer or outdoor lover? This is your chance to make a big impact on Tennessee's trails. Adventure Scientists is looking for volunteers to take part in its new ...

Hemlocks are one of the most elegant and visually striking of all conifers. They look good in landscapes and have tremendous wildlife benefits, too. However, they are not exactly easy to grow. With ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — If you have hemlock trees on your property, the time to protect them from a deadly invasive insect is ...

OTTAWA COUNTY, MI – Majestic hemlocks towering on dunes and along streams in Ottawa County may soon be a thing of the past if a tiny insect cannot be controlled. The hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), a ...

Round, white hemlock woolly adelgid ovisacs are found on the undersides of branches near the base of the needles. (Michigan Department of Natural Resources) ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan officials are ...