Trees

We asked professionals what we can do to help curb the harsh summer weather.

Climate change creates severe weather patterns as the Earth's systems become more unbalanced. A local example is the record-breaking heat waves Boise has been facing for the past several years.

Boise is helping to offset the effects of climate change with a seemingly simple solution, more trees.

The state tree is the Western White Pine, but finding it in Idaho is no longer easy.

Boise is known as the City of Trees, and despite being in a desert, it has a fairly substantial urban forest.

Weeding has never been anyone's favorite chore, but new technology is quickly changing that.

There are dozens of conservation groups across the Mountain West working to protect the waters, lands and wildlife that make up our region. That includes a nonprofit in Nevada that is helping preserve an important tree species that's increasingly threatened by climate change.

There are dozens of conservation groups across the Mountain West working to protect the waters, lands and wildlife that make up the region. That includes a nonprofit in Nevada that is helping preserve an important tree species that’s increasingly threatened by climate change.

The Forest Service is awarding more than $1 billion nationwide in grants to plant trees in cities, tackle climate change and make green spaces more accessible to less wealthy neighborhoods.

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that trees are losing their ability to absorb carbon, which could worsen global warming in the future.