Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Joshua trees and other desert plants have a fresh dusting of snow in Joshua Tree, Calif., Feb. 23, 2023. The U.S. Fish and ...

Florida is the state where lightning strikes, and it is more than twice. With summer bringing multiple thunderstorms weekly the chances for tree damage are quite possible. Lightning protection systems ...

Sidestepping a thorny, long-running controversy, California officials have proposed a new Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act, legislation that could streamline permitting for new housing, renewable ...

A Wilmington construction site has cleared most trees, leaving only small, fenced-off "tree protection areas." Wilmington's Land Development Code requires these protected zones to prevent disturbance ...

Atlanta’s iconic tree canopy is vanishing at an alarming rate. While Atlantans proudly brag that we are the “City in the Forest,” our canopy is shrinking with nearly half an acre of trees lost each ...

When Palo Alto adopted a law last year to shield more trees from unpermitted destruction, city leaders and environmental advocates lauded it as an overdue way to protect a treasured community asset.

ATLANTA — "The City in the Forest" is looking to better preserve it with a new tree protection ordinance. The city currently follows an ordinance written in 2001. Tree advocate deLille Anthony is ...