The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is developing a plan to sell timber from the Franklin State Forest on the Cumberland Plateau.
Nashville is 53-56% forested. Here’s why it probably doesn’t seem that way.
Nashville may have the largest urban tree canopy among major U.S. cities. In December, the city published its first comprehensive urban tree canopy assessment measuring our trees — and tree loss — over an 11-year period.
Tornadoes topple trees. What does that mean for forests?
Tornadoes snapped and felled trees across the region this weekend.
Dirt bikes are polluting a Tennessee forest. The state took action.
State finds “significant impact to erosion control, water quality, forest health, and other forms of recreation.”
Middle Tennessee’s largest forest is part of Nashville. Citizens want protection.
Before Nashville finalizes its annual budget this month, citizens are demanding one new line item: funding for Middle Tennessee’s largest contiguous forest, which is in the Highland Rim.
The windstorm took out 600 trees in Nashville. Here’s why.
Oak trees splintered. Sugar maples uprooted. Some trees crashed across Nashville streets, and hundreds of trees took out power lines. Nashville officials received reports for nearly 600 fallen trees on Friday following the windstorm. The total tally could be higher.
‘It’s time.’ Nashville begins chopping down trees damaged by Emerald Ash Borer.
After years of mounting concerns, Nashville will soon begin cutting down hundreds of ash trees damaged by the invasive Emerald Ash Borer, a shimmering metallic green beetle that’s tiny but lethal.
These Nashville neighborhoods are getting free trees this spring. Yours can be next.
Trees are essential infrastructure. In recent years, the science has become clearer on how trees reduce air pollution, flooding and heat. And just being near them improves mental and physical health.
Curious Nashville: How an ornamental tree led neighbors to their street’s hidden history
Liz Cannon reached out to WPLN’s Curious Nashville project about the “bonsai-looking cypress tree” in her backyard. She wanted to know its history and took it upon herself to do some investigating beforehand.
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