Good Tree News

In Mexico, scientists are experimenting with the possibility of relocating oyamel fir trees to higher elevations, in order to save monarch butterflies.

Leaf-peeping season in New Hampshire has seen a record amount of tourists — and their trash.

Just in time for stunning fall vistas, Virginia’s 43 state parks are now home to special viewfinders for colorblind visitors.

These “Freedom Farms” empower families through financial security and gender equality.

The groundbreaking device was designed by four students at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College London.

Maps of the hottest areas in major American cities often correspond almost directly to redlined areas on maps from nearly a century ago. Tree equity is an opportunity to create positive change.

A group of “holistic engineers” wants to return the arid Sinai peninsula to the lush, green landscape it once was.

The Benedictine monks tend to the Gila National Forest with divine care and support from local and federal agencies.

What’s white and green and cool all over? A city aided by science-based solutions that combat extreme heat.

This might come as a surprise: Worldwide tree cover has grown — not shrunk! — by 2.24 million square kilometers — the size of Texas and Alaska combined — in the last 35 years, according to a paper in the science journal “Nature.”

Your simple guide to the dozens of national and international environmental awareness days, weeks, and months.

Keeping people in cities healthy, especially in poorer neighborhoods, is challenging. One simple, effective, and scientifically proven prescription for better health is planting more trees.