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Having just been being awarded Tree City USA Status for the 26th consecutive year from the National Arbor Day Foundation, Kingston celebrated National Arbor Day in April by planting over

SHAMOKIN — Dozens of local volunteers from the Shamokin Area High School and the Shamokin Community Gardens broke ground on the grassy median on Market Street as they planted 20

WILKES-BARRE — A collective “Eww!” arose from the group as they watched video of a human hand comb through a deep pile of mostly dead spotted lanternflies, some at the

WILKES-BARRE — A collective “Eww!” arose from the group as they watched video of a human hand comb through a deep pile of mostly dead spotted lanternflies, some at the

Size isnt everything when it comes to determining when a tree should be taken down. Knowing the dangers and how to identify a sick tree can help landowners avoid costly

In Harrisburg, temperatures can be 18 to 20 degrees hotter compared to the surrounding countryside. Increasing green infrastructure can help mitigate the problem.

Those masses of webs matted around the tips of tree branches are the work of fall webworms. “They’re mainly unsightly,” Vincent Cotrone, an urban forester for the Penn State Extension, said of the nes...

WILKES-BARRE – A debate over maintenance and public safety at a natural area along the Susquehanna River has reemerged.

Want to plant a tree? Consider ‘climate-smart’ ones that can take our future heat | George Weigel Today 7:00 AM A changing climate is behind some of the troubles the region has been experiencing lately in conifer health. Facebook Share Our climate isn’t like it was a generation ago, and our plants are showing it – especially trees. Many of Pennsylvania’s recent tree demises – from diseases on spruce and firs to branch diebacks on Japanese maples to “mysterious” deaths of sugar ...