As a long-time grower, it's been heartening to see more focus on the value of trees. But I am concerned that, while we are planting trees, we are not taking good care of them. It's depressing to see ...

A letter writer (Dec. 9) insinuated that the owner of the downtown property who wants to remove a heritage redwood may be profit motivated. I too own a county (not city) property negatively affected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Contrary to what they might think, HOAs aren't tree experts. A homeowner recently turned to the ...

As an ecologist in Tucson for 53 years, I comment on Gerry Maggiora’s recent letter about the City of Tucson’s plan to plant a million trees. Shady, tree-lined streets is an eastern U.S. vision that ...

Let me see if I have this right. Local governments decree that turf must be removed to conserve water. Residents pay to subsidize the removal. This kills a lot of mature shade trees. The dead trees ...

Our editorial staff has repeatedly joined our voice with others urging local governments and nonprofits and property owners across the Charleston region to plant more trees because they provide so ...

A curator at the Los Angeles County Arboretum in Arcadia walks past a coast live oak in 2021. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) To the editor: A letter writer worries that our urban tree canopy will ...

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