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Centuries-old cotton tree, a national symbol for decades, felled by storm in Sierra Leone
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Torrential rains in Sierra Leone's capital felled the centuries-old Cotton Tree, a national treasure whose loss has left “a gap" in people's hearts, the country's President Julius Maada Bio said Thursday. “There is no stronger symbol of our national story...
Sustainable till death do us part, and 45 days beyond; mushroom coffin a last best wish for some
DELFT, Netherlands (AP) — For those seeking to live in the most sustainable way, there now is an afterlife too. A Dutch intrepid inventor is now “growing” coffins by putting mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, together with hemp fiber in a special mold that, in a week,...
Virginia Tech helps track state’s big trees
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Students squinting along a sunny stretch of sidewalk outside the Roanoke College library find a moment of cool refuge beneath the leafy shade of an old, but steady-growing champion. A Dutch elm tree outside Fintel Library is the largest of its species measured...
Goats, sheep wage war on invasive vine on Brunswick trail
BRUNSWICK, Md. (AP) — On the River’s Edge Trails in Brunswick, behind Brunswick Middle School, an invasive vine called kudzu blankets and drapes the trails and trees. “It looks like Jurassic Park,” Abby Ingram, Brunswick’s GIS and environmental programs manager, said. Brown...
New Zealand plants tree to mark coronation of King Charles
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins planted a native totara tree Wednesday in Parliament's grounds to mark the upcoming coronation of Britain's King Charles III. The ceremony was an early start to a campaign to plant 100,000 native trees around...
For Arbor Day, plant a tree resilient to climate change
Trees are long-term investments that often outlive the people who plant them. And with the world’s climate changing fast, we now need to consider whether the trees we plant today will be able to withstand the changing conditions in our gardens over the next 30, 50 or even 100 years. ...
Historic investment in urban trees underway across the U.S.
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — While Ameen Taylor feels fortunate he has a cooling tree cover in the front and back yards of his Detroit home, he knows it's a different story for many residents of his hometown where neighborhoods often have little to no shade. “To me, 70 degrees is fair...
US inventory: old forests cover area larger than California
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration has identified more than 175,000 square miles (453,000 square kilometers) of old growth and mature forests on U.S. government land and plans to craft a new rule to better protect the nation's woodlands from fires, insects and other side effects of...
Chattanooga park finds colorful solution to beaver problem
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Chattanooga beavers are especially eager this year to acquire building materials for their dams from Ross’s Landing, where the city’s Parks and Outdoors Department is taking unusual measures to manage the damage to the trees along the riverfront. The...
AP PHOTOS: Masters crews make quick work of fallen pines
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Augusta National crews made quick work disposing of the three towering pine trees that fell near the 17th tee late Friday afternoon during the second round of Masters, forcing postponement of play. All that remained from the uprooted trees Saturday morning, some...
