MINNEAPOLIS -- WCCO's report on a White Bear Lake woman's giant cottonwood tree – one of the biggest in the Twin Cities – struck a chord with our viewers. It also begged the question: What are the ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...