The trail eventually crosses a bridge into the highlight of the forest – an evergreen pine plantation. Camp was well-known ...

Lodgepole pine depends on fire to melt the resin that surrounds its seeds so they can be released. The acacia tree “recruits” ants to carry its resinous seeds underground where they can then ...

Night - Clear. Winds from N to NNE at 3 to 9 mph (4.8 to 14.5 kph). The overnight low will be 63 °F (17.2 °C). Sunny with a high of 85 °F (29.4 °C). Winds from N to NNW at 3 to 7 mph (4.8 to ...

No open burning or campfires were allowed in Pine County because of ongoing dry and windy conditions, according to the DNR’s fire danger map on Friday. Fire danger in the forest on Monday was ...