River birch trees have been described as a fast-growing tree that'll provide natural shade to your yard. It often grows in ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. River birch has been called "the most beautiful of American trees" by Prince ...

Many ornamental trees are valued for their spring flowers or fall foliage, but they offer little aesthetic value during the winter. Not the river birch tree. The river birch’s beautiful bark offers ...

My river birch has had some yellow leaves over the past few years but has gotten much worse this year. Is there anything I can do to save my tree? — Joe Knudson, Waukegan, Ill. You should plan on ...

“The trees are God’s great alphabet: with them He writes in shining green across the world His thoughts serene.” — Leonora Speyer. “The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The next best ...

Walking along the banks of a river, through a young forest, or along a city street, there is a tree that stands out from the rest. At first glance it might appear to be just another paper birch, but ...

River birch is a tough and adaptable native tree that is also a popular landscape plant throughout the south. If you notice some of the leaves on your river birch have become thickened, distorted, or ...

Now, owners Jim Ward and Fred Heebe are targets of a sprawling federal grand jury probe into their effort to monopolize the local dumping business Twenty years ago, the site of southeast Louisiana's ...

NEWORLEANS-- A federal judge on Thursday morning rejected a request by River Birch landfill executive Dominick Fazzio to dismiss fraud charges against him. Judge Ginger Berrigan said she had seen no ...

BIRCH RIVER, W.Va. — The tiny Nicholas County town of Birch River avoided losing anyone during Thursday’s historic floods, but the town was essentially underwater after the torrential rainfall. “It ...