One of the dominant tree species in our Colorado Rocky Mountain subalpine forests is the spruce. A spruce is an evergreen tree or conifer belonging to genus Picea and there are about 35 species ...

The morning sun illuminated a towering Engelmann spruce with two large finches perched near the top. The top third of the tree bore a heavy crop of reddish-brown cones amidst its dense green foliage.

NEAR MARSHALL PASS, CO – Within the San Isabel Forest, at just about 10,000 feet, Robert Beauchamp is adding on a few dozen more. "These trees are a little wispy up top, so you feel movement a lot," ...

I had chosen a dispersed camping site on the Uncompahgre Plateau for its proximity to a small reservoir and a large meadow. But when I drove into the site, I found it was littered, not with refuse, ...

It can be depressing to see fall leaves blow away into the dark days of winter. But conifer trees are always full of life. Even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, there is plenty to learn about local ...

I wandered deep into a spruce fir forest, far from a road, not far from a small lake, and sat down in the shadows to see what would happen. In just a few minutes, a party broke out -- a dinner party.

Lush, sprawling forests, trails littered with cones and the clean, waxy smell of evergreens in the crisp morning air: Colorado. This state is known for its towering lodgepole pines, pale blue spruces ...

I wandered deep into a spruce fir forest, far from a road, not far from a small lake, and sat down in the shadows to see what would happen. In just a few minutes, a party broke out — a dinner party. A ...