Trees

We talked to a USU professor about how to best care for trees in the cooler months.

Beyond the rapture and pure joy they provide, mountain meadows are critical ecosystems- biological hot spots.

USU Extension Horticulture agent from Utah and Juab counties explains why understanding your local climate is the secret to a thriving mountain garden.

Are you thinking of adding a flowering tree to your garden? Taun Beddes, USU Extension Horticulturist talks about options including the crabapple tree.

USU Extension Horticulture agent, Taun Beddes, gives tips on proper pruning techniques for the spring season.

This year on January 21 we celebrate Squirrel Appreciation Day. But whether you watch and write about squirrels or anything else, we think it is time for you to get writing stories just as magical as nature rings made of acorns at recess.

Hundreds of people gathered at the Bear River Massacre site to plant trees and plants that were once sacred to the area. They came to heal the land, to offer some retribution for those whose bones had once littered some of these same grounds.

The benefits urban forests provide include jobs, higher property values, improved physical and mental health, pollution mitigation, heat mitigation, lower energy bills, safer streets, flood protection, and biodiversity. Trees connect communities, cultures, and generations.

We're joined by Greg Witt, head of the nonprofit organization Woodland Hills Outdoors to talk about the organization's involvement with USU Extension and the syrup production from 500 maple syrup trees.

Native Americans ate Ponderosa seeds either raw or made into a bread and also consumed the sweet, edible phloem in the inner bark.