Texas Drought Takes Toll On Urban Forests

An estimated 5.6 million trees that once shaded homes, streets and parks in communities across Texas now are dead as a result of last year’s unrelenting drought. The finding comes from a study conducted by Texas Forest Service urban foresters, who spent the last month...

Little Hope For Dead Trees In Texas

The drought that ravaged Texas this summer killed millions of trees, only a small percentage of which will be salvageable for lumber or even wood chips, according to the state’s Forest Service. The Texas Forest Service estimates that, so far, the drought has killed...