'In the fall, when temperatures are cool, the best action to take is to prune back birch limbs, especially those showing ...

Trees are struggling to cope with the rate of climate change and so we may need to intervene to make more resiliant forests ...

Question: Good afternoon, Carol. Here is a photo of some sort of fungi growing on one of our three mature birch trees in the front yard. I have not been able to identify it via the internet, so am ...

Climate change is a persistent and growing challenge to plant life on our planet. Changes to the environment that plants are unaccustomed to affect how they grow, putting them much at risk.

Japanese beetles strike fear into any gardener's heart, but the University of Minnesota may have found a surprising solution ...

The forest along Lake Superior's North Shore has been drastically changed by humans over the past century. Now, people are making a growing effort to change it back. Paper birch trunks and limbs ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

For the Chippewa Falls Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, it's also a chance to highlight its Native Tree Trail.

Week 7 of the 2025 NFL regular season is underway. The seventh week of the 2025 NFL regular season is highlighted by the ...

Perhaps the greatest disappointment when first exploring my woodlot was the realization that not a single sugar maple tree exists on the entire property. While I’m fortunate enough to have a neighbor ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...