Far from the hustle and bustle of Sin City lies a shady picnic spot with essential amenities for the ideal mountain-desert ...

The moderate four-mile round-trip hike to this special corner of the world follows an abandoned Forest Service road with a mixture of piñon, juniper, ponderosa, Gambel oak and clearings where ...

The distinction between Colorado's foothills and mountains might seem obvious to visitors, but even longtime residents struggle to define where one ends and the other begins.

Foresters with the state forest service say their main target is Gambel Oak. “There are other shrubs in the area, but it is predominantly gambel oak. The oak can burn really hot, ...

The road snaked its way through several miles of gambel oak, terminating at the base of an imposing ridge. Stretching up nearly 1,000 vertical feet in less than a mile, the ridge presented just the ...

Gambel oak overgrowth in La Cueva canyon, cut 15 years ago and subsequently burned. It is a fuel break, but it was cut to a similar density of other projects of that time.

Find out what types of oak trees are best for your growing conditions, from dry to wet, ... Zones 3-8; and gambel oak (Quercus gambelii), 20-30 feet tall, 15 feet wide, Zones 3-9. “In general, ...

Look for Gambel oak, velvet ash, boxelder and the always vibrant bigtooth maple. The trailhead is 20 miles east of Payson off Forest Road 284. Barbershop Trail: ...

Raechelle Seil uses a chainsaw to remove Gambel oak from a hillside. She was trained to use her tools this past winter. Caroline Llanes/Aspen Public Radio.

With panoramic vistas across its six-acre parcel, it overlooks a dense evergreen forest to the south, a native Gambel Oak landscape to the north, and an Aspen grove between them. It's a marvellous ...

The tree's botanical name is Quercus gambelii or Gambel Oak, named after William Gambel, a naturalist of the early 1800s. The Colorado Native Plant Society describes the tree as "small but mighty, ...

There’s a particularly mucky inversion plaguing Salt Lake City this week, and it may not clear out until at least Saturday. Besides staying inside, those hoping to escape the smog have two ...