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 ...

SEELEY LAKE – Along with the aspen and other leafy trees that change colors each fall, one pine tree also puts on a colorful show each autumn. In late fall, the western larch’s needles turn yellow and ...

Western larches are stately trees, soaring 90 to nearly 200 feet tall, with branches that spill out in a neat cascade from a narrow crown. While the majority of conifers are evergreen — retaining ...

Apr. 15—Atop unusual losses this year of Western larch, pine beetles are drawing down Ponderosa stands in a swath of forest lying north of the Kootenai River. During a recent update to the Lincoln ...

• In Washington: From Kettle Falls, take State Route 20 over Sherman Pass to Republic, head north to Curlew, take the Boulder Creek Road (Forest Service Road 61) back to U.S. Highway 395. • In Idaho : ...

It’s the perfect time to pay a visit to the Metolius Preserve. When I visited the Larch Trails last weekend, the Western larch trees were a shocking vibrant hue of yellow. During points of the ...

Gus, center, stands in a Jim Girard Memorial Grove in Lolo National Forest. (Hailey Smalley/Daily Inter Lake) Gus is the largest known western larch tree in the world, standing 154 feet tall. (Hailey ...

LEAVENWORTH — You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

You can spot the gold of the larch trees high on the eastern and northern Cascades in Washington. But to really see them, to feel their softness and breathe in their scent, you must hike. Up. And up ...

SEELEY LAKE, Mont. — A thousand years ago, a new life began near present day Seeley Lake. The only witnesses to his youth would have been the Indigenous People. He was already 200-years-old when the ...

SEELEY LAKE – The largest Western larch in the land is a giant, standing 153 feet over the placid waters of Seeley Lake in a quiet, shady grove. Visiting the tree is akin to a quest, and standing in ...

SEELEY LAKE – The largest Western larch in the land is a giant, standing 153 feet over the placid waters of Seeley Lake in a quiet, shady grove. Visiting the tree is akin to a quest and standing in ...