Eastern red cedars surround the Rockefeller Prairie from all sides at the University of Kansas field station north of Lawrence, where researchers have studied the effects of both fire and grazing on ...

An eastern red cedar catches fire. Controlled fires, such as this one on grassland managed by Kansas State University scientists, are needed to save prairies from becoming woodland and shrubland. A ...

A group of young cedar trees infected with blight - N. Mitchell/Shutterstock There's nothing quite as majestic and imposing as a fully-grown cedar tree with its broad horizontal branches and fragrant ...

Dry conditions and high wind speeds continue to plague the Oklahoma prairie, and wildfires—often accelerated by invasive Eastern redcedar trees—continue to lead to destructive, costly and sometimes ...

SHANE REIS, a ranch owner and conservationist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, referring to the difficulty and expense of removing trees by shearing, which tends to scatter seeds.

The devastating wildfires this spring have been another stark reminder of the ever-increasing need to eradicate and reduce the invasion of cedar trees. No matter how many acres of cedar trees are ...