As evergreen trees and shrubs across Kansas begin their annual spring growth flush, now is the ideal time for homeowners to inspect and prune landscape evergreens before summer arrives. Evergreen species — including pine, spruce,…

LAWRENCE — This past March, a wildfire caused by high winds and a smoldering brush pile tore through 130 acres in Yates Center, consuming the Yates Center Health and Rehabilitation Center, a senior living facility,…

Trees provide many benefits to the environment and our health and well-being. These long-lived members of our landscapes and communities provide shade, help reduce energy costs, clean the air we breathe, prevent soil erosion and…

City of Iola crews were busy clearing trees alongside Montana Road in the ongoing preparation of Lehigh Portland State Park Wednesday morning.  “They are clearing some road right-of-way to make way for a power line,”…

The Kansas Forest Service is offering low-cost conservation tree and shrub seedlings for purchase.  These seedlings are to be used in conservation plantings, such as home/livestock windbreaks, living snow fences, Christmas tree plantations, firewood lots,…

HUMBOLDT — “Sidewalks are very difficult on trees,” Cole Herder told Humboldt Council members Monday evening.  Trees planted along Bridge Street on the north side of the square are an especial challenge, said Herder, city…

MANHATTAN, Kan. — If you’re planning to plant a tree in your yard this spring, there are some steps you can take to make sure your new landscape has its best chance of success. Kansas…

LAHARPE — Members of Cub Scout Troop 3055 and Boy Scout Troop 55 of Iola were busy Saturday planting trees at the Allen County Animal Rescue Facility. The trees, donated by Josh Oberley of Modern…

PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple…

By the end of the week, Iola’s crews may be close to doing their first full sweep through town to haul off piles of brush, limbs and downed trees toppled in the July 14 storm…