Spruce trees provide two types of food; cones like this one that contain seeds for birds to eat and needles that caterpillars eat. / BILL DANIELSON / For the Gazette Sign up for the Gazette's morning ...

With the freezing temperatures and the snow blanketing the ground right now, it is mentally refreshing to look outside and see some green. When you were young you may have called all green trees in ...

Anywhere else in the world, more trees would be a blessing. But in the far north of Alaska, they’re a reckoning. As the Arctic warms up to four times as fast as the rest of the planet, white spruce ...

Today’s story is about something that has already happened and something that might happen. Usually I focus on one particular species, but this week I want to give you a rundown of the “Winter Finch ...

I have four blue spruce that are about 25 years old, and one seems to be stressed. I water them several times a year and especially in late fall. One of my trees has browning needles that we noticed ...

It is so disconcerting to see a specimen tree going into decline. One of the prized oak trees in my yard appears to be declining, so I can relate to your concerns. Your description suggests that your ...