ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A Grand Rapids man has pleaded guilty to cutting thousands of tree tops from black spruce in the Chippewa National Forest. Seventy-year-old Joseph Edminster pleaded guilty ...

A 70-year-old Grand Rapids man admits to stealing thousands of black spruce tree tops from the Chippewa National Forest. Joseph Edminster entered a guilty plea Friday to one count of theft of ...

A three-day ice storm in northern Michigan early this spring left 145,000 people without power, some for weeks. Three months ...

Aerial assessments from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources brought back stark imagery of red pine plantations decimated down to a forest of sticks after tree tops heavy with ice snapped off.

To cut down a tree, you simply need a Forest Service-issued permit. "We sell over 200,000 tree permit[s] ... "Never cut a tall tree just for the top," the Forest Service guidelines advise. ...

When it comes to finding the perfect Christmas tree, William Lyon has it down to a science. Every year, Lyon downloads official maps of U.S. Forest Service roads — Apple and Google maps never ...

Go natural and get a tree straight from the woods this year. ... It took only about 10 minutes in the forest for our little family band to lose about half its members.

It cost $10 per tree plus a processing fee, and I bought two permits so my sister and her family could have one, too. When you buy the permit, the Forest Service also gives you a map and instructions.

A Grand Rapids man has pleaded guilty to cutting thousands of tree tops from black spruce in the Chippewa National Forest.Seventy-year-old Joseph Edminster pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District ...