Few shade trees are as distinctive in the home landscape as birch trees. Their unique bark characteristics, distinctive growth form and graceful delicate foliage are reason alone to feature one or ...

Two country cousins stand by the river. They are tall, strong and handsome and have called Upper Michigan home for many years ...

The omnipresent nature of plastic waste threatens the environment in all sorts of ways, particularly as it is broken down into tiny fragments known as microplastics. This includes contaminating soil ...

Tree tappers, chefs and scientists got together in Fairbanks on Sept. 28 to work on a flavor wheel for birch syrup. Under ...

DULUTH — More than 4,000 miles separate northern Minnesota and Russia’s Republic of Karelia along the border of Finland. But Indigenous people in each region have long shared a common material for ...

FAYETTE, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently crowned a new state champion river birch tree in Howard County. MDC Forester A.J. Campbell presented the Missouri Champion Tree ...

correction A photo credit for an image in this story has been changed to John Michael Spencer. In Saskatchewan and Manitoba, just after the snow melts but before flowers start to bud, Pat Bruderer, 67 ...