As most tree farms open the day after Thanksgiving, there are few cut-your-own trees in greater Green Bay available before Nov. 29, though many farms offer precut trees beginning earlier in the month.

Sean O'Brien, from the UNH Cooperative Extension, takes a look at how beech leaf disease spreads and the signs to help you identify if your trees are infected.

As an alternative, the owner is willing to fund a new sequoia in Green Lake if the city desires. Seattle’s 2023 tree ordinance allows large trees to be cut if they make it impossible to build.

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. The steeple of Hayes Barton Baptist Church sticks out from Raleigh’s tree canopy ...