A new initiative offers residents in the Pigeon Creek Watershed a chance to replace Bradford pear trees with native species. Participants can receive up to four free native trees in exchange for a ...

Bradford pear trees are the real Jersey devil. Spring has sprung and the Garden State’s very pretty, but oh-so-stinky, Bradford pears are blossoming — and perfuming neighborhoods with their noxious ...

It’s a beautiful spring day – it’s finally warmed up again after a week of chilly temps! You step out your front door to go for a walk, take a deep breath in and smell … rancid fish?! Unmentionable ...

Have you gone on a walk around your neighborhood recently? If so, you may have stumbled across a big, beautiful, white-flowered tree. Then, when you got a little closer, you may have thought, "why ...

Originally sterile, the Bradford pear began producing fertile fruit after cross-pollination with other pear cultivars. Several states, including Ohio and South Carolina, have banned the sale of ...

(WJW) — Spring is here and wildlife officials in Ohio are warning people they will start seeing — and smelling — a tree that is illegal to plant and sell in the Buckeye State. A callery pear tree is ...

KSHB 41 News anchor Caitlin Knute is interested in hearing from you. Send her an e-mail. Where do you fall in the debate over the Bradford pear? Do you love it for the beautiful, white flowers that ...

In our new weekly series, One Special Thing, the Globe arts staff highlights something timeless — movies, books, TV shows, albums, paintings, plays, symphonies, dishes — that we return to in good ...

NOW, WE COULD STILL FEEL THE IMPACTS DUE TO RIPPLE EFFECTS FROM OTHER AIRPORTS. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION IS TEAMING UP WITH OTHER PARTNERS TO GIVE OUT FREE NATIVE TREES THIS SPRING.

Originally promoted for landscaping, they cross-pollinate and create thorny thickets that harm native ecosystems. The trees offer minimal ecological benefits and can be a safety risk due to their ...

Reno's least favorite tree, the Bradford pear, is back in full bloom. The City of Reno's Urban Forestry Commission cares for 2,137 Bradford pear trees. That makes it the most common publicly ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Invasive Plant Council (MoIP) will host a Callery pear “buyback” program at 23 locations across the state on April 21. Missourians who register with a photo of a ...