When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation ...

Aspen trees can slow wildfires, giving communities more time and helping reduce fire spread even during extreme fire seasons.

Aspen forests help slow the spread of wildfires and could serve as fire breaks in Colorado and other southwestern states, according to a peer-reviewed study by Western Colorado University researchers.

DENVER (KDVR) — What changes colors, shakes and covers five million acres of Colorado? Quaking aspen trees — they’re a “symbol of the Colorado high country,” according to Colorado Encyclopedia. The ...