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A late-March ice storm that left a 12-county area of northern Michigan a disaster area has left thousands of broken, damaged and fallen trees. And that is a vector for pests and disease.
UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford’s unexpected discovery of a Jeffrey pine in California’s High Sierra has set a new record for the highest-known tree of this species. His findings, published in the ...
It seems pretty simple to plant a tree. Dig a hole. Drop in a tree. Fill the hole. Add water. Go back inside and have a beer. What could go wrong? Yet year after year, we see trees planted ...
Big news, California. It’s been confirmed that you have a new record for the highest tree, discovered by happy accident at a dizzying elevation of 3,858 meters (12,657 feet). The Jeffrey pine came as ...
His discovery, which may represent the highest-altitude tree in the state, is detailed in Madroño, a journal of the California Botanical Society. Last September, while exploring the south slopes of ...
What if the Giving Tree said "no" to the boy? Thousands of adults online are resonating with alternate endings to classic children’s books that may not have aged well in light of modern-day ...
SUDBURY RIGHT NOW. EMILY. WELL, MARIA, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS GIANT PINE TREE SNAPPED FALLING RIGHT ACROSS PEACON ROAD AND INTO THE HOUSE HERE BEHIND ME YOU CAN SEE WHERE ...
We stayed in the Teatro Real area just a few blocks from the Puerta Del Sol, a public square and one of the best-known spots in the city and the site of the famous Oso y el Madrono (bear and the ...
It would turn out to be the highest altitude recorded for a living tree in California. Safford’s paper describing his discovery appeared in the January-March 2025 issue of Madroño, the scientific ...
The pink trees bloom in this park around early spring (photo ... You can also see the Clock of Puerta del Sol and the 20-ton El Oso y El Madroño statue at this famous square. Plus, if you haven’t ...
Why some U.S. cities are so much greener than others. Ever since I first visited D.C., I was in awe of how full of trees it was. Rock Creek Park, one of the oldest city parks in the United States ...