As Australian cities heat up, street trees are needed more than ever for their cooling. It turns out many are more resilient ...

When the Kansas legislature selected a state tree it chose the native cottonwood because its presence was synonymous with ...

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 ...

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 tree, an eastern cottonwood, stands about 85 feet tall and is more than 100 years old. It’s a well recognized landmark ...

Western juniper, paper birch, black cottonwood, Pacific madrone, Pacific dogwood and vine maple. The effort doesn’t include trees in public areas such as city-owned parks. Tree ambassadors have ...

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.

Are you wondering how dangerous removing a leaning Cottonwood tree can be? This video takes you through the intense process as a crane is used to safely remove the massive tree. With the tree ...

A large cottonwood tree that stood for many decades at South Plum and Division streets is gone now, which makes a 94-year-old woman sad. The woman, who wants to be identified only as a Grand ...

For species at risk, such as Lewis’s Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, and Western Screech Owl, the Black Cottonwood serves as the nest tree of choice ... rainbow trout find shelter beneath the fallen ...

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 ...