I’ve seen so much misinformation about Pine Tree Power (PTP) in this space, I think it’s time to review the facts, as stated in the bill which would create it: “L.D. 1708, An Act To Create ...

Almost everybody likes quick facts. Consider some of the following forest factoids. For more information about Michigan ...

To put the Methuselah Tree’s age in perspective, it was already over 3,000 years old when Julius Caesar ruled Rome.

The largest tree is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). The oldest is a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva), over 4,700 years old.

Judging by recent letters to the editor, there’s a lot of confusion and misunderstanding about the proposed Pine Tree Power. First of all, it will not be a “government-owned” utility, run by ...

They also say Pine Tree Power, as a government operation, could borrow money at much lower interest rates that could be directed to upgrade and expand the grid. A ratepayer-owned utility could ...

The whitebark pine is a hardy tree that grows in an area stretching from British Columbia, Canada south to parts of California and east to Montana. It's a keystone species in its subalpine and ...