The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is planting nearly 2 million tree seedlings on state-managed forest land ...

Communities across Minnesota have a powerful new way to explore, understand and plan community forests. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has launched the Community Tree Canopy Viewer, an ...

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, ...

Scientists at the University of Minnesota published a study in the journal Forests in November 2025 about the potential for fungi to slow the spread of emerald ash borer, a beetle that kills ash trees ...

Minnesota officials marked Arbor Day with renewed warnings about the emerald ash borer, now confirmed in 59 counties. The invasive beetle continues to spread despite years of removal and treatment ...

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 ...