REMER, Minn. — Judging by the view from a gravel road north of Remer, Minnesota, the forest is fine. Maybe some dry patches in spots, sure. But nothing that would grab your attention as you drive by.

Q: Regarding your request for photos of tamarack trees, here is a photo I took on Oct. 22 just east of Meadowlands, Minnesota. The tamaracks were blazing, and I loved the contrast with what I think ...

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 ...

On the hillside across from Alparon Park in Troy, there is a stand of evergreen trees that appear as if they have died. Through the years I been asked why this stand of trees died. My answer is they ...

The tamarack, or eastern larch, is a deciduous evergreen tree that sheds its needles in the fall, only to regrow them the following spring, forming a whorl at the end of the twig, which makes ...

Tamarack or eastern larch (Larix laricina; Mélèze laricin) is coniferous native, deciduous tree whose range spans from Canadian coast to coast and can be found in every province/territory, as well as ...

The season of dazzling hillsides ablaze with vivid, colorful, autumnal foliage is all but over. There may be three more weeks before the winter solstice, but already most of our trees are showing ...

In the early fall Mother Nature sets up her easel. With broad, wide strokes her brushes color the maple, birch and cherry trees in the forest, mixing them together so perfectly. When the sun shines on ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

Q: I had a good chuckle this morning and thought I would share! I cut redtwig dogwood about a month ago so I could fashion a twig support for my amaryllis. To my surprise, the dogwood has not only ...