The eastern white pine is native to North America and can be found from Newfoundland to the Appalachian mountains. Historically, it’s been heavily logged, so old white pines are rare. But there are a ...

I like walking in the forest. My golden retriever dog, Timber, loves it too. Some people call it “forest bathing.” According to National Geographic, the term “forest bathing” started in Japan in the ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

The Outside Story Last summer, I regularly passed a stand of towering white pine trees at Camp Plymouth State Park in Ludlow, where I live and work. Most days, I saw at least one hairy woodpecker, a ...

This Eastern white pine, located by Erik Danielson in an old-growth grove in Hamilton County, could be the largest of its kind yet recorded. (Chloe Bennett/Adirondack Explorer) HAMILTON COUNTY — In ...