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BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — Two teenagers are in critical condition after a Friday afternoon crash involving four vehicles. Just after 4 p.m., deputies with the St. Joseph County Sheriff ...
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A motorcycle driver died after hitting a tree in Burr Oak Township Saturday, troopers say. It happened on private property on Maystead Road, according to a ...
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is hosting a free birding hike for the public on Saturday morning, May 10, from 8 a.m. to noon at Burr Oak Woods Conservation Nature Center.
MDC indicated that Tiger-Lily is set to take up residency at Burr Oak Wood until July 31, when she is scheduled to head to Anita B. Gorman Discovery Center in Kansas City. Conservation officials ...
As volunteer Becky Carle reached the final stop of her round at Burr Oak Woods nature center in Blue Springs, two young girls bounded up to her cart, eager to observe.
The range also extends into southern Canada. Lumber from the white oak group, which includes bur oak, is among the heaviest next to hickory, weighing in at 45 pounds per cubic foot. It is very ...
PEORIA — Park officials in a central Illinois community had to remove two massive limbs from a landmark burr oak after the tree was damaged by high winds. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports about ...
CHARLESTON — Eastern Illinois University's Pemberton Hall recently welcomed a piece of art that had been waiting 45,000 to 55,000 years for its time in the spotlight.
The champion Bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) is 96 feet tall and 103 feet wide and is located in Paris, Ky. Among deciduous trees, Bur oak is a slow grower -- adding but 15 to 20 feet over 20 years.