ELIZABETH, Colo. (KDVR) — It was just another Wednesday when Grant Herring, co-owner of Pineco, a tree farm in Elizabeth, went to check up on his trees. “We came out here to check the irrigation, make sure things were running just with the heat and stuff,” Herring said. As he walked through the rows of […]
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Lexington developer’s crews raze 4 legacy oak trees they promised to protect. Now what?
An engineering group overseeing a new commercial and housing project off of Harrodsburg Road has offered to plant 116 trees after it razed four red oak trees it had promised to protect. Jihad Hallany, of Vision Engineering, told the Urban County Planning Commission at a June 13 meeting that during grading of the property at […]
Cedarburg man dies Wednesday after vehicle veers off road and crashes into trees in Mequon
A 26-year-old Cedarburg man died Wednesday morning after crashing his vehicle into trees on Pioneer Road and Port Washington Road in Mequon. The Mequon Police Department responded to a report of a single-vehicle crash near Pioneer Road around 7 a.m. Officers found the man deceased in the driver’s seat of a dark colored sedan about […]
Poisoned trees gave a wealthy couple in Maine a killer ocean view. Residents wonder, at what cost?
CAMDEN, Maine (AP) — Suspicious deaths in an idyllic seaside community and detective work that points to poison sound like themes from a classic murder mystery. But the victims in this Maine whodunnit were trees that stood in the way of a wealthy family’s oceanfront view, allegedly felled by well-heeled killers who, while ostracized and […]
Strong storms bring down trees, knock out power in the North Hills
Across the North Hills area, several trees were down, power lines knocked over and debris scattered after a downburst hit the area Monday. One neighbor in McCandless said he’s never seen anything like it before. “Freaking out. It must have been 50, 60, 70 mile per hour winds,” said Edward Haller. Some trees fell in […]
Need some shade? These Cincinnati neighborhoods have the most trees 🌳
Get ready to feel the heat. A dangerous and potentially record-breaking heat wave is expected to spread across the central and eastern parts of the U.S. this week. The combination of heat and humidity will result in heat indices ranging between 100 and 105 degrees on Monday and around 100 Tuesday through Thursday. As heat spreads across […]
Peru man dies when trimming trees near power lines
Jun. 16—PERU — First responders and bystanders were not able to save an 81-year-old man Saturday morning when the boom-lift equipment and the bucket he was in caught fire after touching electrical lines, according to fire officials. Gilles Anctil, 81, was operating a boom and bucket while trimming trees on Greenwoods Road in Peru when […]
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Police searching for 2 accused of damaging over 60 trees along Upper Merion trail
UPPER MERION, Pa. – Authorities in Upper Merion are searching for two people who they say ripped out freshly planted trees and damaged dozens more along a local trail. The Upper Merion Police Department shared still images Wednesday that showed two suspects, both described as white males in their teens or early 20s. Investigators found […]
New tech helps Indy plan where to plant trees to reduce effects of rising temps, flooding
A new mapping system will assist Marion County in prioritizing where to plant more trees to help build climate resilience and alleviate flooding, heat illness and air pollution ― especially in overlooked neighborhoods. American Forests, a non-profit conservation organization, partnered with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful to build the free-to-use mapping program Tree Equity Score Analyzer to […]
Can copperheads climb trees? North Carolina snake myths debunked.
Copperheads are by far the most common venomous snake in North Carolina, but many N.C. residents harbor false beliefs about the species. Here’s what to know about copperheads as weather heats up. Are copperheads aggressive? Are copperhead bites deadly? In general, snakes are not typically aggressive toward humans. While it makes for a painful bite, […]
The moth invasion that threatened Exeter’s trees
In the early years of the twentieth century, New England was invaded, and towns like Exeter scrambled to fight back. The invaders were two types of invasive moths – and their caterpillars – that had been accidentally introduced into the region. Both the spongy moth, then called gypsy moth, and the brown-tailed moth were capable […]