Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...

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. When the 400-year-old landmark tree collapsed in ...

Oak trees have been around for more than 50 million years, with individual trees easily living 1,000 years. One of the oldest oak trees in the U.S. is believed to be at least 2,624 years old. The ...

Foresters across the country are asking private landowners for help saving white oak trees, and Missourians have eagerly answered the call. More than 40 people recently signed up to help the ...

Atlanta is known as the "City in the Forest," but, largely due to ongoing development, the canopy is shrinking. While the city recently amended its tree protection ordinance to increase fees for ...

Greenwood Forestry CFO Mike Woolery examines a dead white oak tree during a Woodland Owner’s Association field session in Amana on Aug. 27. Foresters and tree professionals explored three locations to ...

UNDERWAY COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE WALKING THROUGH A FIELD OF 8000 YOUNG TREES AND SAPLINGS THAT REPRESENT 400 VARIETIES OF WHITE OAK AND WHAT THEY’RE STUDYING IS SUSTAINABILITY. ONE ...

You don’t have to hunt deer for very long to realize that oak trees and the acorns they drop each fall are hugely important to deer. If fact, most hunters know that the majority oak trees fall into ...

AMANA — For 10 years now, Iowa foresters have been watching century-old white oaks wither and die in just a few weeks. Trees with no visible insects or fungus are dying on ravines and ridge tops ...

Q: I’ve lost large chunks of bark off my Mexican white oak in just six weeks. It is without leaves. It’s a great shade tree on the west side of my kitchen. What might have caused that? A: It's a bit ...