Because trees can cool cities by providing shade and evaporating water into the atmosphere, greening city streets is an often-touted strategy for climate change adaptation. But trees provide ...

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The department's director, Rachel Flynn, says trees — and the idea of maintaining and enhancing the city's urban forest — kept coming up during the seemingly endless master-plan hearings.

City trees lead difficult lives. A lot of things are trying to kill them, particularly the trees planted on sidewalks: Tightly compacted soil with high alkaline content makes it harder for them to ...

Sacramento is celebrating Mardi Gras this weekend.The City of Trees Parade and Mardi Gras Festival is set to happen on Saturday, bringing celebration and joy to the Capitol Mall and Old Sacramento ...

Bay City State Park is hosting an in-person running of the Bob Ross “Happy Little Trees” 5K on April 22, 2023. Pictured is the 2022 medal.

Street trees and city dwellers coexist in New York; in a way, they depend on each other. With a little more tree love around the world, everyone can do their part to help heal the planet.

And in a positive sign for the city’s landscape, Sanders said the foundation has recently seen a “huge uptick” in the number of residents asking for new trees to be planted on their property.

MELBOURNE, Australia — High in the branches of a 122-year-old Dutch Elm, two workers in a bucket crane framed by the city’s skyline used a chain saw to slice large limbs from the top of the tree.