To encourage children to plant and care for one tree is a hand-off of a little responsibility, a gesture of hope. It is a ...

Oaks, with their thick bark and taproots ... “This guy’s really ready to take off,” he says of a scarlet oak that isn’t much bigger. His land was sunny pasture 100 years ago, and oaks ...

Here, a scarlet oak will be dedicated and planted with students ... The massive tree comes with a deep gray bark. Leaflets on a butternut tree number between 11 and 19. The elongated nut is ...

Prairie and savanna prescribed fires can be good trouble if they’re carefully timed and controlled. Their purpose is to help ...

The sugar maple, with its blazing fall colours and syrupy legacy, remains a favourite. It’s not just a beautiful shade tree, ...

“That’s a scarlet tanager,” whispered an elderly ... identification walk” led by a ranger whose enthusiasm for bark texture was both endearing and contagious. “Feel this white oak,” she instructed, ...