From bank stabilization and water filtration to the creation of cover and spawning habitat, large trees provide a multitude of ecosystem services for aquatic environments. To illustrate these ...

Releaf Michigan started the Big Tree Hunt in 1993. The nonprofit was founded in 1988 by a group of arborists who wanted to ...

The Big Trees of Iowa program, created by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Forestry Division, celebrates the largest known trees in the state. This helps document growth potential, brings ...

STEVENSVILLE — Mark Lewing has lived in Stevensville 40 years and loved big trees all his life. He worked for the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) for 29 years and retired ...

But this always makes me wonder: Pieces of houses and big trees are tossed around like toys during extreme weather, but palm trees seem able to stand their ground. Given their location they are ...

The basswood (Tilia) can grow to be 80 feet tall and produce yellow flowers in the summer, giving it the additional names of the honey or bee tree. Basswoods have large, oval, or pyramid-shaped ...

"We started doing this work 10 years ago, and it became really apparent that lightning kills a lot of trees, especially a lot of very big trees," study lead author Evan Gora, a forest ecologist at ...

Before the holiday bustle becomes all-consuming, consider arranging to have your large trees inspected and pruned this winter. “It will be easier to reserve the services of a trained and ...