Yahoo

See how a 250-year-old tree was dismantled in Kansas City neighborhood

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Throughout the week, neighbors passed by around the massive tree, admiring its size and history. Some took pieces from the ...
Chicago Tribune

‘That tree has just witnessed so much history’: Lincoln Park Zoo’s massive bur oak, which is dying, slated for removal in spring

For the next few months, Katrina Quint has one request for visitors to the Lincoln Park Zoo: Look up. Across from the white-cheeked gibbon enclosure sits a great, sprawling bur oak tree, about 45 feet ...
CBS News

Historic bur oak tree cut down at Lincoln Park Zoo

CHICAGO (CBS)-- It was there long, long before new lion cubs Pesho, Sidai, and Lomelok made their recent debut. It was there when Otto the Gorilla escaped in 1982 – and before he was the subject of a ...
Chicago Sun-Times

A tree older than Chicago is about to be cut down

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Iowa Public Radio

The 'King of the Great Plains' is dying. Drought is killing giant oak trees in the Midwest

Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...
Chicago Tribune

Chicago-area environmental activists, experts seek to protect region’s trees after bur oak removal in Kane County

Standing before the Geneva City Council, June Maher held up an edited version of the city’s logo. Instead of one with a prominent tree in the middle, it contained a stump. She called the west suburb, ...
AOL

‘Famous’ 300-year-old bur oak was saved from development. Windstorm knocked it down.

A massive bur oak that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Friday’s powerful winds. The “famous” tree, off Harrodsburg Road near Military ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Lincoln Park Zoo visitors say goodbye to tree older than Chicago

CHICAGO (WLS) -- If a tree could talk, this bur oak tree would tell you about the history of Chicago and its roots. The tree stands about 70 feet tall, and it's scheduled to be removed on Monday, so ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Ailing centuries-old tree cut down at Lincoln Park Zoo

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ABC 7 Chicago

Removal of Lincoln Park Zoo bur oak tree older than Chicago postponed due to weather

CHICAGO (WLS) -- People have been saying goodbye to a mighty oak tree at the Lincoln Park Zoo. It's stood the test of time, but is now at the end of its natural life according to the zoo's ...
inforum

Are ridges on bur oak branches normal?

Q: I have a bur oak tree in our backyard that’s 9 years old. Last summer, I started noticing ridges on the tree trunk and branches. Is this normal? If not, is there anything I can do about it? — Heidi ...