The staff of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Buffalo tried to keep the tree alive. They hired someone to trim the tree and string wires to hold the heavy branches. They treated it for a ...

Beech Leaf Disease is spreading around the Northeast and the microscopic worms that come with it are attacking trees in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Arborists have been working on a potential ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

A group of hikers make their way under a rock overhang while hiking the trail at the Hungry Beech Preserve in Roane County, W.Va. (Photo by Art Smith) A recently constructed trail through the Hungry ...

The heat of summer is upon us and what better way to enjoy it than a walk in the cool woods. We have a nice mixed stand of trees that grow along the little river that runs behind the house. There are ...

One of my favorite trees is the iconic American Beech (Fagus grandifolia). I love its smooth, light bluish gray bark — the silvery green leaf in spring that gradually changes to a dark green in summer ...