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BASKING RIDGE, N.J. (CBSNewYork) -- While residents in Basking Ridge, New Jersey might have lost their battle to save a majestic, historic tree, they may have also given it a new life. As CBS2's ...
The oldest white oak tree in the country is dying — and no one knows why June 27, 2016 Basking Ridge, N.J., is contemplating how to let go of the white oak tree, now in failing health, that has ...
The giant white oak tree is located on Oak Street next to the Basking Ridge Presbyterian Church and Cemetery, where Revolutionary War veterans are buried. Arborists believe the tree has stood ...
For more than 35 years, June Burgess shared neighborly space with a giant white oak tree that grew in the middle of Carolina Avenue in South Roanoke.
BERNARDS -- Now only a memory, a 600-year-old great white oak tree was still drawing attention Sunday. Six days after safety concerns prompted the removal of a tree under which George Washington ...
BERNARDS, N.J. — Remnants of a 600-year-old white oak tree in New Jersey that was believed to be among the oldest in the nation will become furniture. The trunk and limbs removed last week from ...
A large branch is removed from an old oak tree in Basking Ridge, N.J., Wednesday, April 26, 2017. Crews have returned to a New Jersey church where they are taking down a 600-year-old white oak ...
Sens. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Mark Warner, D-Va., introduced the White Oak Resilience Act of 2025, which will “mobilize” more federal resources and research in protecting the tree’s ...