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.
Nashville’s battered tree canopy would benefit from a new city funding idea
Nashville has proposed new legislation to fund the restoration of the city’s dwindling tree canopy through tree plantings and maintenance.
Nashville Proposes First-Of-Its-Kind Bill To Protect Trees On Public Property
When NFL Draft organizers cut down cherry trees in downtown Nashville to build a temporary stage in 2019, it caused a public outcry. But it also sparked a two-year effort to design the city’s first proposed ordinance to protect trees on public property.
Following A Disastrous Year For Trees, Nashville Planted More Replacements Than Ever
Severe storms felled tens of thousands of trees across the Nashville region last year, but some progress is being made toward restoring the canopy.
Tennessee Trees Have Toppled. Will Wary Residents Be Willing To Replant?
Groups are mobilizing to “re-leaf” the region. But they’re finding that it’s not just the pandemic that’s complicating efforts, but also the hesitations of a community that fears the destructive threat of falling trees.
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