SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The poor air quality in the Bay Area has been the focus of much attention. One way to remove the pollutants from the air is to plant more trees. But places like San Francisco ...

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A fresh bag of soil and a handful of shovels were passed out, as residents and Bronx officials planted the first tree in more than a decade outside the Harlem River Yard Transfer Station along the ...

Volunteers Olly De Almeida (left), Jordan Bordenave (right) and Rosemary White (far right) plant a tree in front of Tribble Condor's (center) house in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward. The project was ...

The D.C. area’s council of governments wants to get at least half of the region covered in trees. After years of shrinking tree cover, the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) adopted ...

WITH ONE ORGANIZATION WORKING TO IMPROVE THE CITY’S TREE CANOPY. BACK IN 2015, A STUDY DETERMINED THAT LOUISVILLE LOSES OVER 54,000 TREES PER YEAR. BUT THANKS TO COMMUNITY EFFORTS LIKE THIS ONE, THAT ...

Seedlings need lots of TLC when being planted in the ground with hopes of growing into strong, healthy trees. A planter will dig a hole two or three times as wide as the roots of the baby tree, making ...

Seattle is currently mapping how it will grow over the next 20 years. Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to double the city’s housing capacity, with the hope of bringing down costs. But as residential ...

When tanks overflow, nutrient rich water drips directly onto the ground below. Soil under these branches becomes richer than ...

Seattle’s zoning code is being revised to increase housing. The revision must also consider our tree canopy. Large trees provide shade in a warming climate, protect biodiversity, filter out harmful ...

At the back of a narrow dirt lot in Reynoldstown where a small bungalow once sat, three trees stood behind an orange plastic safety fence. In popular neighborhoods like Reynoldstown, Levine said, ...