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Saturday, Aug 17

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Arkansas emergency declared as storms cause power outages, down trees

www.arkansasonline.com

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders issued an emergency declaration Saturday after severe thunderstorms downed power lines in the northwestern part of the state on Friday night and Saturday morning.

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Our lives are horrendous after National Grid chopped down 100 trees behind our homes... we'd love to move but can't afford it - we're trapped

www.dailymail.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Locals living behind the M5 in Quinton, Birmingham claim their lives have been made hell since the 'unfair' decision to fell the trees - leaving some unable to sleep in their own bedrooms.

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Mohawk people fight to save their ash trees — and with them, their tradition

www.npr.org

The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive pest killing ash trees across North America. It’s also threatening the practice of basket-making for many tribes who rely on the ash.

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10 trees chopped down by vandals in Kelowna park

globalnews.ca

Ten ponderosa pine trees were cut down in Mission Ridge Park in south Kelowna. City staff also found two other damaged trees. The vandalism could fetch fines of $50,000 per tree.

Friday, Aug 16

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Return of the king: Clippings from DC icon Stumpy are sprouting into new cherry trees

www.nbcwashington.com

The U.S. National Arboretum announced Tuesday that clippings from the original cherry tree on the Tidal Basin rooted into self-sustaining plants — meaning the saga of Stumpy continues after D.C.’s favorite little cherry tree got the chop…

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People putting Christmas trees up as Home Bargains now stocking decorations

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

Some say it is too early to be in the shops - but others are ready to dive straight into the festive season in August

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In the galleries: Trees provide inspiration and materials for exhibit

www.washingtonpost.com

D.C’s leafy canopy and attendant artworks, a focused set of landscape drawings, honoring Black ancestry and winners of a printmaking competition

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Jigawa plants thousands of trees to mitigate flooding

blueprint.ng

The Jigawa state government Thursday set machineries in motion to fight desert encroachment and the incessant flooding that is currently threatening so many communities in the northern part and causing …

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India plants trees at City Part to marks 78th independence day

www.the-star.co.ke

Environment CS Aden Duale presides over event, where 3,000 bamboo trees were planted.

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Thursday, Aug 15

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Help plant hundreds of trees across 3 Pflugerville neighborhoods

www.kxan.com

The City of Pflugerville is recruiting volunteers to help replenish the tree canopy of three neighborhoods this fall and spring.

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Dollar Tree’s $1.25 home essential flying off shelves – it’s identical to Walmart’s but $20 cheaper

www.the-sun.com

CUSTOMERS at Dollar Tree have been flocking to grab a home essential at a staggeringly low price.

For climate-fighting farms, squeeze in some trees: study

www.conservation.org

Farmland worldwide could stash away as much planet-warming carbon as the global emissions of all cars combined — if it integrates more trees, our new study finds.

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Trees compete for space, light and resources, and those clashes can leave battle scars

phys.org

When you walk through a forest, it may feel like a static setting where very little is happening. But trees are constantly interacting and reacting to each other as they grow. There's intense competition for light and space. Every shift…

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Trees compete for space, light and resources, and those clashes can leave battle scars

theconversation.com

For trees, growing to maturity involves much more than just reaching upward.

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[PHOTOS] Duale, Indian High Commissioner plant 3,000 trees

www.the-star.co.ke

The exercise was done to mark India's 78th Independence Day.

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California is home to millions of urban trees: What happens when they die?

phys.org

To stop California's 6 million urban trees from knocking out power lines, crashing through houses, or lying across streets when they die, humans have to intervene.

Joshua trees bloom more often with climate change, study finds. Here's why people are worried

www.latimes.com

A new study reveals that the icons of the Mojave Desert are experiencing much different conditions from what they had in the early 20th century, and that those conditions are changing the frequency of their reproductive activity.