“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The next best time is now,” or so goes the Chinese proverb. If you’ve ever basked under the cathedral-like canopy of a magnificent old shade tree on a ...

Close your eyes and tell me what you see when you think of Cascades Park. I see lots of concrete, grass and very few trees. It is not a tree shaded park. It is hot and mostly unusable in the summer ...

As I began to get ready for a presentation I'll be doing in February, I thought it would be good to refresh my memory about the benefits of trees. I thought about it, browsed through a few references ...