Document Type
Newsletter
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Tremblings
Volume
16
Issue
3
Editor
Paul Rogers
Publisher
Western Aspen Alliance
Publication Date
8-2025
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Abstract
Small-stand Challenges in the Northern Rockies
Brytten Steed, PhD, USFS Forest Entomologist (retired) Forest Health Protection - Missoula Field Office
Aspen in the Northern Rocky Mountains exist more often as small, scattered patches or “stringers” than the iconic landscapes of aspen found elsewhere. Like early-season fireflies, they dot the landscape where moisture is present, ringing potholes, lining streams, or clinging to topographies rich in subsurface moisture. Their rarity belies their importance to wildlife, livestock, fire movement, and humans. Aspen are preferred browse for large herbivores, a hotspot for birds, and home to a diversity of plants. People, too, gravitate to these communities for camping, hunting, photography, and retreat.
Recommended Citation
Western Aspen Alliance, "Tremblings, August 2025" (2025). Tremblings. Paper 62.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/tremblings/62