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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Almost naked last week, the larch still held enough color to stand out in the crowd of evergreens. Clusters of green needle-shaped leaves emerged during spring like a feathery fleece on the tree’s ...

Larch tree cones grow near the top of very tall trees, which makes them tough to collect for anything other than squirrels. The Flathead National Forest needs a lot of larch cones for its reseeding ...

After most of my maples have shed their leaves at my acreage, the eastern Larch are turning a lovely golden yellow. Although it is a conifer (cone bearing), with needles, it is not considered an ...

In response to last week's column about identifying evergreens, reader Gary H. asks columnist Don Kinzler if a larch is considered an evergreen because it loses its needles in the winter. Reader Gary ...

The Flathead National Forest is proposing a long-term plan for gathering western larch cones and seeds to meet anticipated reforestation needs on the forest. Forest officials recommend felling about ...

When it comes to fall color, New England can keep its famous trees. We have something uniquely ours that stokes a passion in hikers, drawing them into the high country with their siren song of color.

Okay, so the months stretch on and, even with the promise of a vaccination and snow brightening the scape, there are evergreens to remind me of a lost tree. It happened when we moved here. Today I am ...