Incorrect pruning, particularly “topping,” is the surest way to ruin a tree. If it doesn’t kill the tree outright, it will ...

In my last column I mentioned a “topped” street tree. I’d like to use this column to write more explicitly about the misguided practice of tree-“topping”, why it is so bad, and what the ...

Topped trees are unsightly, unhealthy, and dangerous in the future. Winter is the time of year that glaring examples of tree topping shows up. Crapemyrtles are the most common victim, but this ...

The Doerner Fir is over 325 feet tall. Its top has been burning since Aug. 17, but lightning, the most obvious cause, has ...

A man trying to retrieve a cat perched at the top of a tall pine tree ended up needing to be rescued in Los Angeles’ Mission Hills neighborhood Wednesday night. L.A. firefighters were sent to the 8900 ...

"It’s almost like the tree waited for me," said Brent Dentler. "I mean, how can the tree fall right at the time I come by?" ...

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees. It may lower the tree's ...

Authorities in Oregon are trying to extinguish a fire burning in one of the world's tallest trees near the state's southern ...

The Doerner Fir, the largest of its kind, held a special significance for the Pacific Northwest big-tree enthusiasts. Its ...