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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Since 2016, a dedicated group of nature enthusiasts and I have worked to restore and protect ...
Anneke Dempsey was concerned about the giant oak in her backyard for years. The weight of its massive limbs could potentially cause the tree or branches to fall onto her or her neighbor’s home ...
And while the tree survived - though not as lush as it once was - it took scientists and an outpouring of love from around the world to save it. The mighty oak tree has carried the weight of ...
The mighty oak tree was voted the United States' favorite tree in a National Arbor Day Foundation poll taken in 2001. Nearly five years later, a Congressional passage and a presidential signing of ...
And while the tree survived – though not as lush as it once was – it took scientists and an outpouring of love from around the world to save it. The mighty oak tree has carried the weight of ...
In the movie, the mighty oak tree, beloved by fans of "The Shawshank Redemption," was at the heart of a scene near the end of the film in which Red (Morgan Freeman), paroled from prison ...
In intricate b&w spreads, Cole (Adventure Awaits) traces the life of a single oak from sprouting acorn to mature tree, detailing its relationship with the changing world around it. Short ...
Native oak trees can support hundreds of species of caterpillars, which in turn feed the birds. (The Gazette) Monarch Research Project wants Iowans to know that the acorn is mighty. “Most people ...
A mighty oak tree thought to be one of Scotland’s largest which was ‘discovered’ by a folk musician is among a dozen of the species chosen for the shortlist for this year’s Tree of the ...