Although the "leaf-peeping" season of late September is not as big in the Canadian Rockies, where I live, as it is in New England, the Instagram-fueled crowds have arrived here, too. So many thousands ...

Oct. 25—Autumn in western Montana is like a warm-hued sunset. Fields turn yellow in the last throes of summer heat as golden eagles and red-tailed hawks soar far overhead. Mushrooms in every shade of ...

Every fall, Washington’s larch trees transform from green to golden yellow before shedding their needles, creating a short-lived but spectacular display. The Enchantments in the Alpine Lakes ...

There is a group of evergreens whose members don’t fully fit the typical mold of conifers and must have been a brainteaser for the early botanists to name and classify. Case in point, the larch tree ...

If you were south of Coeur d’Alene, where Paul Zambino lives, last week, you probably wouldn’t even know the larch were there. Not yet, anyway. The needles of the larch – or tamarack, as this kind of ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The NBC Montana Sky Team took to the skies high above the beautiful larch trees of the Seeley Lake area and Salmon Lake. During the investigation of a truck recovered from the ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The NBC Montana Sky Team took to the skies of western Montana showing the changing larch trees. More than 35,000 customers without power in Montana Thursday morning Widespread power ...

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 ...

Stephen F. Arno of Missoula has self-published through Amazon a book on the ecology and history of the Northwestern larch titled “Golden Trees of the Mountain West.” According to the book’s cover, ...

DUFUR, Ore. — When fall rolls around in the Pacific Northwest, many head to the forest to search for gold. For those who know where to look, a rare yet splendid sight in parts of Oregon and Washington ...