The eastern white pine is native to North America and can be found from Newfoundland to the Appalachian mountains. Historically, it’s been heavily logged, so old white pines are rare. But there are a ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

Michigan’s state tree is the proud Eastern white pine, but the national champion is elsewhere. Maine, also known as the “Pine Tree State,” is home to the titleholder. The Great Lakes State could have ...

MARQUETTE COUNTY, MICH. -- It was after nightfall during a backpacking trip through the Upper Peninsula’s rugged McCormick Wilderness this spring when Nick Hansen first spotted the giant Eastern white ...

Trees can grow pretty tall, but they do have a theoretical maximum height.

As far as the climate (and, truthfully, much else) is concerned, 2023 has felt like one nasty jack-in-the-box moment after another; there have been a record number of billion-dollar natural disasters ...

A white pine tree estimated to be more than a century old was documented Dec. 1 by the Forestry Office of the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Natural Resources Branch in the Pine View ...

A white pine rises into the sky on a tract of land belonging to John Rajala Thursday, October 13, 2022 near Grand Rapids, Minn. CATHY WURZER: The State Capitol Christmas tree is now in the Capitol ...

Whitebark pine, an iconic but rare species of pine tree that can be found at high elevations across central Oregon’s forests, will start to receive special protection after it was listed as threatened ...