The Scranton Times-Tribune

Celebrate the many benefits of trees

Editor: The importance of trees in our daily lives is recognized by the Alliance for Community Trees Day on Nov. 19. Urban Forestry has been working diligently for years to restore trees in the urban ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Trees aren’t an excuse to keep grass. Their watering needs are different

To the editor: A letter writer worries that our urban tree canopy will suffer if decorative turf grass is banned. Frequent surface irrigation of turf under trees in medians, parks and elsewhere is ...
Chicago Sun-Times

In countless ways, trees are the root of our thriving communities

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Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: How did vandals get away with felling trees in downtown Los Angeles?

To the editor: This is sick. Trees take years to create a canopy. I’m not confident the city can quickly replace these trees. One year ago, the thriving jacaranda tree in the parkway in front of our ...
The Bakersfield Californian

Letter to the editor: Once-beautiful trees destroyed

While Bakersfield has regained its status as a “Tree City,” I’m afraid the care the city has given the trees in my neighborhood is a fiasco and defies all of the qualifications for the title. All one ...