How can trees be racist? That’s the question explored in a new documentary, “Racist Trees,” about a historically Black neighborhood called the Crossley tract in Palm Springs, Calif., whose residents ...

Everyone who’s lived long enough has probably had a "seemed like a good idea at the time” experience which turned out contrary to expectations. Those events are part of life and learning, and my ...

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It's one thing to pull weeds in your garden; it's quite another to tackle weeds in the Grand Canyon National Park. But volunteers led by the National Park Service are doing just that. They're ...

County crews will remove tamarisk trees to improve wildlife habitat and reduce fire risk ...

Premieres Monday, Jan. 22, 2024 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App Local politics, news media, race, class, and gentrification intersect in INDEPENDENT LENS “Racist Trees.” The documentary captures an ...

Editor's note: This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah ...

Loveland is getting a boost in its efforts to remove invasive tree species. Last week, Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) awarded Open Land and Trails a grant totaling $39,248 for the removal of Russian ...

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) - Firefighters are working to put out a tamarisk tree fire burning near Interstate 10 near the Bob Hope exit. CAL FIRE confirmed the fire is an eighth of an acre and is ...

A fire broke out in the vegetation near Interstate 10 in Palm Desert on Friday around 7:00 p.m. Tamarisk trees and underbrush smoldered and flamed up along Tamarisk Row Drive, in the area running ...

They bought the old house surrounded by African tamarisk tree windbreaks, which derive their extreme drought resistance from aggressive roots. Inside they went to remodel the bathroom and found that ...