The woman from Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood said a giant tree's sweet berries are causing a sour situation. She says ...

Chicago blanketed by white cottonwood tree fluff in a banner year for the stuff The trees — among Chicago’s most common — are producing far more seeds than usual. By Ellery Jones ...

Chicago’s trees are planted by Seven-D Construction Co., a vendor the city has contracted for plantings since at least 2015. Seven-D’s contract includes a two-year maintenance period for ...

Chicago’s tree canopy decreased throughout the 2010s and falls short compared with other major cities. And during that lag, the city planted significantly fewer trees in neighborhoods on the ...

The city of Chicago plans to plant tens of thousands of trees in the next 5 years, with focus on under-resourced areas on the South and West Sides.

Alderpersons are now allowed to have up to 20 trees — even if healthy — cut down in their ward each year. Chicago’s new Urban Forest Advisory Board is right to recommend an end to the policy.

A few years ago, it launched Our Roots Chicago, which set the goal of planting 75,000 new trees within five years. “Most importantly, we’re gonna do it in a way where we prioritize the ...

Chicago has tried for more than a decade to slow the declining health of ash trees, some of the city’s oldest and most mature trees that provide communities benefits like shade and flood ...