We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. Every fall, in a forest north of Moab, Utah, workers scale massive spruce trees, collecting cones that will become future forests.

Tree envy is running rampant. Utah just beat out Colorado as home to the biggest blue spruce in the world, according to the State of Utah Department of Natural Resources. Botanist Sherel Goodrich ...

Several people contacted me after the November windstorm about alternatives to blue spruce that took a beating in the wind. But before we talk about replacing the trees, let’s look at why a ...

Gov. Gary R. Herbert signed legislation Wednesday that makes the Aspen Utah’s state tree, replacing the Colorado Blue Spruce. Herbert signed the bill at Monroe Elementary School.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Spruce trees are dying in Utah's forests, the victims of an infestation that is natural but from which some forests may not recover from for hundreds of years.