Western Aspen Alliance

06/06/2026

Just finished a week of field work near Jackson, Wyoming. Check out the wildlife using aspen habitat!

05/12/2026

We may have 'pie-in-the-sky' dreams about building the best aspen conservation science organization in the world, but we're willing to put in the effort to make it happen. If you can help our little non-profit with even a small donation, we'd be mighty obliged! (See QR code below.)

05/08/2026

Just returned from a backcountry hike in Bryce Canyon NP. Wow, so cool to see the marvelous flourishing of aspen post-fire (15 yrs) with a backdrop of beautiful red/pink cliffs!

04/23/2026

An insightful commentary from a federal land management leader, Tracy Stone-Manning. What do you all think?

“There are inevitable repercussions to this radical attack on our public land management agencies,” writes Tracy Stone-Manning in an op-ed.

04/15/2026

Check it out. Utah Physicians for Healthy Environment just put out this video on drought/climate, wildfire, and the futility of "thinning for forest health."

Dr. Brian Moench from Utah Physicians for a Healthy Environment diagnoses how protecting Utah's forests--not logging them--is the best way to defend communit...

04/13/2026

Western fire reprise by Paul Rogers:

Island Park, Idaho is no island when it comes to fire, nor its vulnerability in the forest. Do residents there—and elsewhere—accept that living in Greater Yellowstone demands more ecological awareness and responsibility? An excerpt of Paul Rogers' essay appearing in the book, "A Watershed Moment...

03/26/2026

A new essay out on living with aspen for general (not technical) audiences. Please share in your networks!

Listen. Set aside your binoculars, life list, notepad, camera, and listen. Quiet and sitting among stately white stems, close your eyes and extend a finger to count each distinct sound.

02/26/2026

The WAA is sponsoring a Special Session titled, "Aspen On Fire: ‘The Report of My Death Has Been Greatly Exaggerated’" at the North American Forest Ecology Workshop in Missoula, MT, USA June 23-26. We would love to see you there! Check out the program, as there are many relevant topics to modern forest science & stewardship.

Growing Resilient Forests and Communities

02/01/2026

Op-Ed on the U.S. Fix Our Forests Act just published today in the Deseret News (Utah).

The Fix Our Forests Act doesn't address the root causes of wildfires.

12/23/2025

This simple, elegant, message says it all...from Pando Populus (artist: Tucker Nichols)!