Western larches are the showy paradox of Inland Northwest forests. Each fall, the trees outshine other conifers with a short-lived burst of gold-hued beauty. At Sherman Pass in the Colville National ...

For years, the European Larch on the University of Iowa Pentacrest provided shade and a place for children to play on its unique low-hanging branches. When winds from a thunderstorm claimed the ...

Among the best things about living in Iowa City are the Summer of the Arts concerts downtown. Throngs enjoy music, the fun of outdoor dining and the community of the shared experience, while children ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

Mark Siddall of LEAP measures and calculates everything, thinks about it, and then calculates it again. There are architects who can design and build but can’t write; there are architects who can ...

Towering over a centuries-old treestand in western Montana is an ancient Western Larch that goes by the name Gus. At more than 150 feet tall, Gus has survived the Christian Crusades, seen the fall of ...

Autumn in Oregon is a visual feast. The maples, oaks, alders and cottonwoods serve a rich bounty of vibrant colors each year. Growing up, we all learned that deciduous trees are the ones that turn red ...

Eastern larch beetles, tiny burrowing bugs native to Minnesota, are exploding in number across the state's northern forest and have killed or damaged about a third of the state's tamarack trees — one ...