PATAGONIA - What was long the nation's biggest cottonwood tree is dead, split into two slabs, its gargantuan trunk sprawling askew. Its base is hollow, its bark, rotting. Most of its leaves are ...

For decades, Flanagan has courted Montana’s largest and oldest trees for their cuttings. “They’re my favorite tree,” he said of the cottonwood variety, “and they’re cloned fairly ...

It seems fitting that Nebraska, which has chosen the cottonwood as its state tree, would have the largest one in the United States. The Nebraska Forest Service learned this week that a towering ...

This summer, Michiganders are invited by ReLeaf Michigan to join the adventure of searching for the biggest trees in the state. ReLeaf Michigan’s Big Tree Hunt is a free, family-friendly ...

Local nonprofit Restoring Earth Connection secured an Inspire Olympia grant to help document the largest tree in each neighborhood ... paper birch, black cottonwood, Pacific madrone, Pacific ...

With Earth Day in the recent past, I would like to discuss the most ecologically important living thing on Earth - trees. They are the essential component for the health and stability of the ...

A pair of Canada geese have returned to the pond, building a nest of reeds and down near the weeping willow tree ... state champion Eastern cottonwood, the largest in the state, is in the Byron ...

WHEELER COUNTY, Neb. (KOLN) - Pibel Lake Recreation Area is home to the Lower Loup Natural Resource District, geese and as of February 2025, the largest known cottonwood tree in Wheeler County.

Callery pear trees, though once popular, are now illegal to plant, grow or sell in Ohio due to their invasive nature. The trees spread easily as birds eat their fruit and disperse the seeds widely.

The national champion Ohio buckeye and its sign stands in ... The sheer size of the eastern cottonwood, the biggest tree in the Illinois Big Tree Register, instinctively draws people, such as ...

IT’S ALSO WHERE YOU CAN FIND IOWA’S THIRD LARGEST COTTONWOOD TREE IN THE STATE. THAT IS UNTIL IT WAS REMOVED THIS WEEK. MAYOR SIMPSON SAYS IT WAS DUE TO PUBLIC SAFETY. RATHER THAN TAKE THE ...