Chicago-area environmental activists, experts seek to protect region's trees after bur oak removal in Kane County: 'We're talking about the air that our children breathe'
Standing before the Geneva City Council, June Maher held up an edited version of the city’s logo. Instead of one with a prominent tree in the middle, it contained a stump. She called the west suburb, “Stump City USA,” saying that city and county leaders allowed trees that are hundreds of years old to be cut down through inaction. “In my heart of hearts, I do feel that leadership could have ...