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HANNIBAL, Mo. — Plans for the Hannibal Tree Board’s annual Arbor Day celebration have been announced.

Callery pear trees are native to China. The trees are most identifiable in the spring, when they grow dense clusters of white flowers.

Forest ReLeaf is the recipient of the Arbor Day Foundation’s first-ever Environmental Equity Grant, which will fund 200 new trees for the city’s Ville community.

Once again a group advocating for making early detection and control of invasive plants a statewide priority is planning to do a Callery pear tree buyback program.

HANNIBAL — The Hannibal Tree Board may soon have a new tree-planting partner in Forest ReLeaf of Missouri.

Over the next two years, the Nature Conservancy in Missouri will plant 100 trees in parts of north St. Louis County to help reduce air pollution and flooding.

Springfield News-Leader With a plethora of invasive Callery pears planted across the state, conservation officials are offering a buyback program with a free replacement tree pickup in Columbia. All people have to do is send in at least one photo of each Callery pear tree they cut down and register. “Callery pears have been a tree many people have enjoyed for years,” said Ann Koenig, MDC Community Forester, via news release. “However, besides the fact that these trees often break apart in...

Missouri task force wants to free state from the smell of… well, you know what April 8, 2021 A Missouri task force wants to buy back all the stinky Callery pear trees in St. Louis. // Image courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden So…you know that smell that’s normally present in the air every spring? A Missouri task force plans to do something about that. The Missouri Invasive Plant Task Force is collaborating with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri and BiodiverseCity St. Louis to free St. Louis of ...

COLUMBIA - The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is trying something new to limit the presence Callery pear trees in local environments. Callery pear trees, also known as Bradford pears, are the top invasive plant species in Missouri. They are easily identifiable right now because of the white petals of their blossoms. MDC community forester Ann Koenig said the trees take up space in many places. Dozens of invasive pear trees invade this acreage on the southeast corner of West Nifong an...