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The family of a Texas teenager severely injured by a falling tree limb while visiting New Orleans is suing the city.
DUELING, IN NEW-ORLEANS.; HOW A YOUNG KENTUCKIAN WENT TO HIS DEATH TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO.
This massive, extremely old tree in New Orleans is unexpected tourist attraction allows you to see giraffes in the city, but be wary of climbing it.
Michael Gilbert says he was at work when storms knocked a hollow, marked-for-removal tree onto his home in the Desire neighborhood.
A sudden surge in tree planting across New Orleans has come to an even more sudden halt. When President Donald Trump issued a series of orders that froze billions of dollars in federal climate ...
To combat flooding and extreme heat, a new master plan for rebuilding New Orleans’ urban forest calls for 100,000 new trees to be planted by 2040. Released Friday, the Reforestation Plan calls ...
New Orleans lost more than 200,000 trees in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The federal funding freeze could stop the effort to replace them.
A New Orleans woman has taken up residence atop a decades-old tree in her yard to protest its removal after city officials informed her it was permanently damaged during street construction.
Sustaining Our Urban Landscape (SOUL) has planted over 10,000 trees in New Orleans. However, a recent federal grant cut threatens future tree-planting efforts.
NEW ORLEANS — A 16-year-old boy was hurt in Jackson Square Friday after a tree fell on him, according to New Orleans EMS. According to EMS, the incident happened Friday afternoon.
NEW ORLEANS — The 16-year-old was crushed and critically injured last week, when a large section of a live oak fell on him in Jackson Square while he was visiting New Orleans with his family ...
Michael Gilbert says he was at work when storms knocked a hollow, marked-for-removal tree onto his home in the Desire neighborhood.