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Logging threatens a scientific research area in Franklin State Forest

By Caroline Eggers

September 11, 2024

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The Tennessee Department of Agriculture is developing a plan to sell timber from the Franklin State Forest on the Cumberland Plateau.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, forests, Franklin State Forest, tennessee department of agriculture, trees

Nashville is 53-56% forested. Here’s why it probably doesn’t seem that way.

By Caroline Eggers

June 28, 2024

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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. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: conservation, Flooding, heat, trees, urban trees

Tornadoes topple trees. What does that mean for forests?

By Caroline Eggers

December 14, 2023

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Tornadoes snapped and felled trees across the region this weekend. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: December 2023 tornadoes, December tornadoes, forests, severe weather, trees

Dirt bikes are polluting a Tennessee forest. The state took action.

By Caroline Eggers

July 11, 2023

State finds “significant impact to erosion control, water quality, forest health, and other forms of recreation.”

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: erosion, pollution, tennessee department of agriculture, trees

Middle Tennessee’s largest forest is part of Nashville. Citizens want protection.

By Caroline Eggers

June 14, 2023

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.

Filed Under: Environment, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: beaman park, geology, highland rim, Radnor Lake State Park, trees, Warner Parks, Whites Creek

The windstorm took out 600 trees in Nashville. Here’s why.

By Caroline Eggers

March 7, 2023

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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. 

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: environment, Nashville, Nashville Tree Conservation Corps, storm, trees, urban canopy, windstorm

‘It’s time.’ Nashville begins chopping down trees damaged by Emerald Ash Borer.

By Tony Gonzalez

October 3, 2022

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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.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: Emerald Ash Borer, Metro Parks, trees, Warner Parks

These Nashville neighborhoods are getting free trees this spring. Yours can be next.

By Caroline Eggers

September 30, 2022

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.

Filed Under: Environment, WPLN News Tagged With: air pollution, root nashville, trees, urban heat island

Podcast: How an ornamental tree led neighbors to the history of their North Nashville corner

By Tony GonzalezandDamon Mitchell

August 3, 2022

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A sixth-generation Nashvillian says she’s rarely surprised by new information about her city — but did start wondering about what she describes as a “bonsai-looking cypress tree” in her yard. She uncovered a rich history about her neighborhood and shares it with Curious Nashville.

Filed Under: Curious Nashville Tagged With: Curious Nashville, trees

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