Aspen is a favored food plant of spongy moths ... The high levels of defense compounds in the defoliated forest caused serious damage to the native silk moth caterpillars. Few caterpillars ...

It is time for the Forest Service and other land managers to stop deflecting around the destruction of aspen and native plant ...

“This announcement is a big win for the beautiful, wild aspen stands on the Ashley National Forest and for the plants and animals that depend on them,” said Ted Zukoski ... inventoried roadless areas ...