City proposes cutting trees to fight bug
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The city would make a pre-emptive strike against a destructive insect by cutting down thousands of street-side ash trees, under a proposal from city foresters.
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Milwaukee County Zoo workers are trying to help scientists slow the spread of a fungus that has killed millions of frogs and expunged species.
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Increasingly, trees are the new must-have for American cities.
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Trees and plants are to be cut down in woodland near Redruth in southwest England after the discovery of a new disease.
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By Henry J. Waters III, Columbia Daily Tribune, Mo.  Dec. 19--City government leaders plan to develop an inventory of the community's natural resources to protect the most valuable from development.
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New England's bitterly cold winters may be hard on people, but they have been even harder on an Asian insect that's threatening to destroy hemlocks, one of the signature trees of the region's forests.
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The survival of some bird species in Iowa is threatened, and urban sprawl is part of the problem. That&#39;s according to a state group that keep tabs on the conversation of wild birds.
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Unusual insects are clinging to survival against threats from pollution and climate change, say conservationists.
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By RUSSELL MAX SIMON Journal Northern Bureau  SANTA FE -- Information about a planned tree-thinning project being distributed by a newly formed environmental group has Santa Fe environmentalists in an uproar and city officials accusing the group of scare tactics.
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A variety of spider species built on one another's work to create a sprawling web that blanketed hundreds of yards of trees and shrubs at a North Texas park, according to entomologists who studied the unusual formation.
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Trees bring both comfort and measurable benefits to urban environments. The problem is that roots don't flourish under pavement. Now scientists think they have a solution.
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One morning last week, Damon DeHart gazed out a window of his Bedford home at his backyard. "Gee, the leaves are piling up nicely now," he said.
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A Chinese city suburb has set a bounty on dead flies in a bid to promote public hygiene, Xinhua news agency said on Tuesday.
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Spreading plantations are blamed for a threat to wildlife.
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By Laura Morales, The Miami Herald  Sep. 24--The Miami Commission is scheduled to discuss the issue of revisions to the city's tree ordinance Thursday at City Hall.
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By Amy Armour  A local developer is making an effort to preserve trees and green space for a planned 132-acre residential community in Wentzville. But this won't be a typical residential community -- almost half of the project will be designated community green space.
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By Erik Robinson, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Dec. 17--Loggers will thin out a 47-acre bug-infested swath of mature trees on the Gifford Pinchot National Forest under a proposed forest-health improvement project on the Mount Adams Ranger District.