FLAGSTAFF — Beneath the scenic yellow and red leaves of soaring aspen trees in the Kachina Wilderness, forest ecologist Mike Stoddard is looking down. His concern isn’t the brilliant fall ...

Arizona natives Chris Platt and Ana Chavarria made their way up the mountain for fall's changing of the aspens. "If you catch it just right, it’s just this beautiful yellow glow," Platt said.

Someone recently told me, however, that aspens don’t grow well in Flagstaff. I see some quaking aspens in and around the Flagstaff area faring poorly, while others are gorgeous. What do the ...