Missouri's champion bur oak — known by many simply as "the big tree" in Boone County — was seared by a lightning strike Friday morning. Passers-by shot video of the tree's nearly 24-foot circumference ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Jim Winnerman Special to the Post-Dispatch Have you ever noticed a tree that had an unusually large trunk? Or a canopy so ...

Sarah Cooper, right, tosses a tub of shumard oak tree seedlings onto a trailer in March 2025 at George O. White State Forest Nursery, in Licking, Missouri. The tractor takes the seedlings to a cooler ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Celebrate the value of ...

Sarah Cooper, right, tosses a tub of shumard oak tree seedlings onto a trailer on Monday, March 17, 2025 at George O. White State Forest Nursery in Licking, Mo. The tractor takes the seedlings to a ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The flowering dogwood tree celebrates its 70th birthday as the Missouri state tree in 2025. There is no better place to celebrate than Missouri’s Ozark woodlands from mid-April to ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Need trees and shrubs for your landscape? Go native with tree and shrub seedlings from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). Native trees and shrubs can help wildlife ...

Due to changing weather patterns caused by climate change, young white oak trees are struggling in Missouri forests. Foresters across the country are asking private landowners for help saving white ...

With Halloween just around the corner, Silver Dollar City (SDC) “branched out” early with the holiday season as a 45-foot ...

MISSOURI, USA — As winter weather continues to beat multiple Missouri communities, residents are once again turning to ice melters to keep their sidewalks and driveways slip-free. The melters, however ...

WASHINGTON, Mo. – Approximately 150 trees on public property were cut down along the Missouri River and people are upset. Police in Washington, Missouri plan to charge a local man. There’s a paved ...