MT - Downed Trees Turned Into Wood Chips As City Deals With Mess Confronted by mountains of downed trees and branches, the city of Billings called in reinforcements Monday
Chipping Away at Chipper Safety - From Tree Care Industry Magazine The tree care industry can be a dangerous one, but is becoming less so as the days go on, thanks to two things that can work independently or in concert with one another: Safer equipment and better operator training.
MD - Woodworker's Goal: No Log Left Behind Chris Holmgren makes chairs, flooring and other products from salvaged wood at Seneca Creek Joinery in Montgomery County
New city forester hopes to leave a lasting impact Like some of the trees he has studied, Clarksville's new City Forester Clint Patterson is a bit of a hybrid.
Professionals Providing Tree Protection from Lightning Arborists have been doing electrical work throughout recent history, installing lightning protection since the 1800s.
Testaverde inked for season 2 of Ax Men The shortage of trees in the bay area got a little shorter recently when former quarterback Vinny Testaverde cut down a few on his new lakefront Odessa property.
AL - Saving Wetlands Motivating Factor In Passage Of City Moratorium The City Council established a moratorium Monday on land disturbance permits that have a negative impact on wetlands within city limits and the citys building permitting jurisdiction
MI: STORM: Saginaw forester warned for years the city's trees are on shaky ground Gauging by the amount of trees felled and the number of primary power lines sparking, Nino Mauro said Friday evening's storm was the worst the had seen since the ice storm of March 1972.
NY - DEC Awarded Federal Forestry Grant Lands in environmental justice communities and urban centers surrounding the Hudson River Estuary and New York/New Jersey Harbor will be used to test new models for reducing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) with urban trees and green infrastructure
NY - Tree-lined Streets 'Cut Asthma' Children who live in tree-lined streets have lower rates of asthma, a New York-based study suggests.
CO - Higher use for logs City of Colorado Springs will offer wood for sale from diseased or dead trees instead of making mulch
OK - Tree Bank booklet available for advice The recent ice storm resulted in broken branches hanging over cars, trees bringing down electric lines, tree trunks snapped in half like toothpicks and trees completely uprooted
Switzerland - Heli-logging in the city A crew uses a chopper to haul away trees cut from a cliff in Geneva as part of a program to stabilize eroding banks.
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ME: City Seeks Best Value for Wood Burning wood from the city's urban forests to heat homes this winter might be a waste, city officials say.
KS - City Rebuilds after a Tornado The F-5 tornado that hit Greensburg, Kansas, on May 4 destroyed over 95 percent of the community, including its trees.
Canada's New Government helping forest communities build stable economies Solving local challenges can lead to global solutions.
NY: Maybe Only God Can Make a Tree, but Only People Can Put a Price on It Now, for the first time, the Parks Department can actually translate the value of the citys trees into real dollars and cents. And as expected, its a big number.
Boston Mayor Menino Announces Urban Forestry Initiative Bostons current canopy cover is at approximately 29%. This number includes all trees, such as trees in parks, private yards and along streets.
WI: Thinning of forest to net 200 loads of timber With the crack of an axe Eldred Peterson left a cut mark in the trunk of a tree in a thinned out area of pine growth in his back yard at 739 Summit Ave.
CT: Norwalk festival promotes urban, suburban forestry The woodchippers and cherrypickers weren't the typical attractions at a spring festival.