When the tree reaches 110 to 120 years old (a mere teenager for a Ponderosa pine), it begins to shed its black bark and reveal an inner bark of yellow. That's why locals call them "Yellowbellies." ...

The ponderosa pine is now Spokane’s official tree. The designation came Monday night from the City Council just in time for Earth Day, which was celebrated Tuesday across Spokane by school kids ...

One early evening on a recent retreat in the Colorado Rockies, as the acrid smoke of our campfire rose in our nostrils, a friend urged me to sniff the bark of the nearby Ponderosa pine tree. “It ...

For over a year the Flathead Valley has been witness to pockets of declining ponderosa pine trees, namely due to a rise in the prevalence of western pine beetle.

This Ponderosa pine in Custer State Park is listed as the tallest pine in the Black Hills and the tallest tree in South Dakota. It has been listed at 146 feet tall, although loss of branches might ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Flathead Valley Community College's Natural Resource Conservation and Management students will host a training to investigate ponderosa pine trees in Flathead Valley Wednesday ...