The mission of the USDA Forest Service is to sustain ... We usually choose a balsam fir for our Christmas Tree, but occasionally, we find a pretty spruce tree. Just depends on the year.

Although Christmas is celebrated on Dec. 25, former Hutchinson resident Myra Kohls has been in the Christmas spirit since March. That’s when U.S. Forest Service employee Mary Nordeen visited ...

As you ride up Tumbleina, Panorama, or Breezeway at Monarch Mountain, check out the trees beside the lift. You’re likely to ...

We all recognize the tree chosen by Charlie Brown in the popular holiday cartoon, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Charlie’s evergreen had a short, crooked form, with wimpy branches and needles that easily ...

DNR Many homeowners in northern Minnesota are asking the questions: Are my spruce trees dying? Should I be spraying something on them to help?  Your spruce trees are not dying and ...

The U.S. Forest Service and other partner organizations will be undertaking mitigation efforts for spruce beetle-killed trees around the Seward Ranger District of the Chugach National Forest ...