It’s the end for a burr oak tree at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) field office in Lake City.
The tree that has stood there since before the DNR built the building – and maybe since before the city was founded – contracted oak wilt in recent years.
An attempt at treatment...
In 2017 Frontenac State Park had 149,000 visitors, 19,500 of which were overnight guests. This is up about 7 percent over 2016 and 12 percent increase over the past 2 years.
Two maple trees tapped for tree sap on North 7th Street on Monday, March 19. Sap from maple trees can be boiled down into maple syrup. The city currently does not regulate sap collection from boulevard trees, according to Public Works Director Scott Jensen. “This subject has received a little more...
To the editor:
In the summer of 2012, my wife and I were visiting her home town of Medicine Hat, Alberta, when we saw a small brochure with information about a Heritage Tree Trail.
The brochure featured seven trees, in Medicine Hat, with brief descriptions of each. The trees were located in...