ST. PAUL -- Minnesota's shifting climate is having an effect on its forests, with red maples encroaching up North and more pests invading in the southern part of the state, according to tree experts.

As the world warms, trees in such forests will no longer be adapted to their local climates. That’s where assisted migration comes in John H. Tibbetts, Knowable Magazine On a brisk September morning, ...

Jonah Kaplan is WCCO and CBS News Minnesota's investigative reporter and has built a strong reputation for his balanced and in-depth coverage of high-impact issues including the economy, immigration, ...

Find out more about our Reverse Course series here. In August 2021, a wildfire ripped through the Superior National Forest in northern Minnesota, scorched more than 26,000 acres and nearly burned ...

Pheromones from tiny beetles could help save Minnesota’s tamarack trees University of Minnesota scientists have identified the chemicals tree-killing beetles use to communicate. Those could be ...

Many northern native tree species might not grow back there because they would no longer be suited to the region’s changed climate. Recently, Frelich and his colleagues studied a range of possible ...