The tree, an old bur oak, is located off 10th Ave SW in the pill hill area. Bur oaks are native the area, and neighbors told ...

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

Oak trees around Minnesota have suffered from bouts of heavy precipitation and drought — conditions that make them more vulnerable to two-lined chestnut borer, a beetle that eats the inner bark of oak ...

Q: I have a bur oak tree in our backyard that’s 9 years old. Last summer, I started noticing ridges on the tree trunk and branches. Is this normal? If not, is there anything I can do about it? — Heidi ...