Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

ANN ARBOR, MI — Anyone who’s visited Ann Arbor’s West Park in the last year or so and looked up may have noticed more branches on some of Tree Town’s majestic oaks going bare. The bur oaks serve as a ...

Nebraska's "Old Wolf Oak" tree, a burr oak that is more than 380 years old, has died after a long drought. (Courtesy of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission) LINCOLN — One of Nebraska’s oldest trees has ...

One of Nebraska's oldest trees, a bur oak estimated to be more than 380 years old, has died. The tree, known as the "Old Wolf Oak," is located at Ponca State Park in northeastern Nebraska along the ...

A 300-year-old bur oak known as the "Queen of the Hill" split and crashed down in the Loring Park neighborhood of Minneapolis earlier this summer. Because it had been enormous, growing in a place of ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - In 2026, the Sioux City Garden Club will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. To celebrate, it’s putting down permanent roots in Siouxland. There is a new living legacy on the ...

Activists trying to save a stand of 300-year-old bur oak trees near Geneva say crews began cutting them down Tuesday in what they allege is a violation of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers permit. Hoping ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Natural resources officials say a blight has been killing bur oaks in Iowa. Iowa Department of Natural Resources officials say the blight has been killing Iowa bur oaks since ...