A UC Davis professor's pleasure hike in the High Sierra turned into a new elevation record for California's highest tree, ... and the Great Western Divide. A peak in the middle background is Needham ...

A peak in the middle background is Needham Mountain, where another Jeffrey pine was observed at very high elevation, underlining that this is not simply an anomaly on Mount Kaweah. Credit: Hugh ...

In the past, people have often seen trees in a park as: “Just part of the background, like pictures on a wall,” says John Turner of Friends of Whirlow Brook Park.

Trees dating back almost 6000 years have come to scientists' attention due to ice melting in the Rocky mountains, offering a "time capsule" into the past ...

"Trees are what makes Bend, Bend in so many ways," Bend Mayor Pro-Tem Megan Perkins said Wednesday. Bend's new tree advisory committee is made up of people from varying backgrounds.