That oak branch dangling over your fence might seem like an easy fix with a chainsaw. Think again. Tree law sits at a ...

Anzuoni dubbed this cutting the " Two Cubs Timber Sale " after crossing paths with two young bears while surveying the site, he told the Pittsfield audience. In all, 13 forest stands of about 132 ...

In some of the East Coast's most exclusive enclaves, neighbors are feuding over trees. Summer people are risking lawsuits and hefty fines for a better view. On Nantucket, a man was charged with taking ...

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 ...

When Maura Healey was running for Massachusetts governor, she called for a moratorium on commercial tree-cutting on state forests. It was meant as a pause, while the state figures out how its forests ...

Granted, it wasn’t as egregious as a recent case in Nantucket. But when my husband and I dealt with a neighbor who cut down two of our maple trees, we learned about the limits to trees’ legal ...

A sheriff conducting an inquiry into the death of a self-employed gardener who died after being struck by falling timber has concluded that his death could have been avoided if the drop zone into whic ...

WEST STOCKBRIDGE — In the minutes after the chain saw ran through the base of the Norway spruce tree headed for holiday fame, the 71-foot giant hung in stasis before it finally laid horizontal. It was ...