Palo Alto’s famed tree: How its ‘facts’ are totally wrong
Extensive new research by Palo Alto resident Jeff Watt, an electrical engineer with a dogged devotion to facts, is separating ...
Potent tree-killing disease reemerges in the Bay Area
The tree disease that exploded in Bay Area forests three decades ago, stunning residents with vast die-offs in parks and neighborhoods before slowing, has opened a new front with a second, potentially ...
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Grow a Bay Tree at Home and Discover 5 Amazing Uses for Bay Leaves
The scientific name is Laurus nobilis, and it goes by many nicknames, including bay leaf, true laurel, and sweet bay.When ...
Citizen scientists discover new, more virulent form of sudden oak death in Bay Area
A UC Berkeley-led citizen science project has discovered at least four outbreaks of a new, potentially more aggressive form ...
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How the largest pine tree in the world was discovered in Yosemite
The massive tree, dubbed the Mossy Creek Giant ... He also makes a habit of intervening when forest fires threaten California’s most significant trees, calling National Park Service or State ...