Dutch settler Flemmen Higbe likely planted the European beech to shade his lawn back in 1815.

A group of hikers make their way under a rock overhang while hiking the trail at the Hungry Beech Preserve in Roane County, W.Va. (Photo by Art Smith) A recently constructed trail through the Hungry ...

Trees cannot speak for themselves. There are times when humanity must speak for them. Our beloved beech trees are in peril. I have already written too many eulogies this year so I am hoping Mother ...

WALTON, W.Va. — One of The Nature Conservancy’s lesser visited West Virginia nature preserves is becoming more visitor-friendly, thanks to a new, professionally built two-mile hiking trail and a ...

Ryan O’Hanlon knew five years ago that the majestic copper beech tree in front of Duffy-Poule Funeral Home in Attleboro was ...

That's the way Meredith Cochran describes the young stand of beech trees that is dying on the upper reaches of land she owns in Hancock behind her house. Three years ago, Cochran first noticed the ...