HAYWARD After being burned by summer forest fires, a California Juniper tree sits high in the Southern California mountains for four months under snow so heavy that its canopy breaks. The sun melts away the snow and bleaches the trunk. Later, lightning hits its branches, which crack and drop. Read more…

High County News – Peace Breaks Out In New Mexico’s Forests In northern New Mexico, the Collaborative Forest Restoration Program brings Hispanic loggers and Anglo environmentalists together to work on creating healthy, sustainable forests and rural economies. Life in Read more

Newark Advocate – It appears that the dispute over cutting a swath of trees, between local landowner Don Andrews and Columbia Gas Transmission Corp., will now go to trial. Columbia filed for a summary judgement in July but it was recently denied by Columbus-based Read more

Times Union – ALBANY — Wind gusts and heavy snowfall in parts of upstate New York snapped tree branches that blew into power lines, leaving about 38,000 customers without power Sunday. “The leaves are coming off the trees and the voting signs are on the ground Read more

Slate – Admittedly, translating the nuances of your response to a film onto a five-star scale is like pruning a bonsai with a chainsaw, but it was still shocking to see some of these titles equated: Blade Runner = Jewel of the Nile Casablanca = Chicken Run Rear Read more

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Evarts wintered over his many bonsai trees. The greenhouse and the garden were the special province of Mr. Evarts, who introduced a variety of specimen trees and shrubs on Peleponesus’ lush, surviving 3/4-acre landscape. He designed the boxwood Read more