PORT TOWNSEND — A second town hall-style meeting on the future of the Lombardy poplar trees lining Port Townsend’s entrance is set for today at 5 p.m. The forum ...

When the people of young Boise City began to involve themselves in what the Idaho Tri-weekly Statesman called “The Tree Mania,” they chose species that were fast-growing and readily available. This ...

Dear Neil: I received a small sapling as a gift when I purchased other trees from a well-known national mail order source of trees. I asked the company what it is, and they told me Lombardy poplar.

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s not a matter of whether the Lombardy poplar trees will come down, it’s a question of what happens in the wake of the clearcutting. That was the message from city officials during ...

Dead and diseased Lombardy poplar trees growing as a visual screen between Interstate 90 and the Spalding Auto Parts wrecking yard will be cut down. The trees are part of a highway beautification ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Forty years ago, 120 Lombardy poplars were planted in Issaquah at Front Street North and Gilman Boulevard. Tall, columnar and fast-growing, the trees soon rose ...

EAGLE — The facts of life are that lifetimes end for everything and everyone — even Eagle’s Magic Tree. For 9-year-old Reeve Mairose and her friends, the tree outside Eagle Public Library wasn’t just ...

Lombardy poplar trees dot the landscape at the bottom of the canyon. That's because they were a favorite of settler I.B. Perrine; he planted several groves near his ranch. Others followed his example ...

I’m not an arborist or forester but I do love trees … their stateliness, the shade they provide, the fact that birds use them for their nests and many more reasons.That’s why it pains me to have to ...

Drought and disease have taken a heavy toll on five non-native Lombardy poplar trees near the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz. The campus will start removing the decaying trees on Monday (Aug. 28), ...