The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declined to list Joshua trees under the federal Endangered Species Act, leaving the fate of potential protection measures for the iconic spindly plant with newly ...

Florida is the state where lightning strikes, and it is more than twice. With summer bringing multiple thunderstorms weekly the chances for tree damage are quite possible. Lightning protection systems ...

Without protection, certain fruit trees are susceptible to frost damage. As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility for ...

As Summerville celebrates its 175th birthday this year the town’s trees are a big part of its history and efforts to protect them date back to the 1800’s. Recently it was announced the town’s tree ...

Sidestepping a thorny, long-running controversy, California officials have proposed a new Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, legislation that could streamline permitting for new housing, renewable ...

When Palo Alto adopted a law last year to shield more trees from unpermitted destruction, city leaders and environmental advocates lauded it as an overdue way to protect a treasured community asset.

To restrict developers from clear-cutting every tree on a tract of land before erecting a subdivision of new homes or shopping centers, Seminole has started updating portions of its land development ...

An Atlanta City Council committee will be deliberating changes to the current tree protection ordinance amidst the effort to revitalize the city’s tree coverage. The Community Development and Human ...

Atlanta’s iconic tree canopy is vanishing at an alarming rate. While Atlantans proudly brag that we are the “City in the Forest,” our canopy is shrinking with nearly half an acre of trees lost each ...