Most homeowners assume that once they own a piece of land, everything rooted in it is theirs to do with as they please. That assumption gets tested pretty quickly the moment a large tree becomes a ...

Many people share a love of trees for their shade, their greenery, their beauty — which is why outrage is often the reaction when they're maliciously cut down. Such incidents are more common than ...

“Will I be unreasonable to go and cut it down before it causes any damage to our property?” the woman asked Latoya Gayle joined PEOPLE as an Associate Editor in 2024. Her work has previously appeared ...

About 30 million real Christmas trees are sold in the U.S. every year, according to the National Christmas Tree Association, including both pre-cut trees and cut-your-own. For many families, going to ...

A golf course in central Minnesota is offering a $2,000 reward for information about who cut down a 100-year-old tree on its grounds.

In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to cut down a tree from public land for Christmas. Across the US, you can get permits to cut down Christmas trees from national forests, but there are no locations in ...