Visit this area of the White Mountains in California's Sierra Nevada region, where you can hike and see trees that predate ...

You’ll travel under the shade of pine trees and, in the right season, spot native wildflowers, including the funky red snow plant. To start, park at the Buckhorn Day Use area or the large ...

Pine trees are one of the most common coniferous species in North America. Learn how to identify the types found in the United States and Canada. ... U.S. Forest Service, ...

Mountain ski guides frequent the high alpine where whitebark pine grows. Two are using their time in the backcountry to ...

Vladimir Kokorin / Getty Images. There are many coniferous trees that have single needles directly and singly attached to the twig. These attachments can be in the form of wooden "pegs" (spruce ...

Even though trees can look dead in the winter, they’re probably just dormant. The dormancy period begins in the fall when leaves changes colors and fall off the trees and lasts through all of ...

Agency officials will present the proposals at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at the Lone Pine State Park Visitor Center, 300 Lone Pine Road in Kalispell. Members of the public are encouraged to attend.

Michael Taylor first sighted the tree in 1981, on a high school camping trip. He had ditched his group and went exploring on his own, coming across a sugar pine so impressive that the nearby giant ...