Nearly one year after Bend passed an ordinance to preserve the city’s tree canopy from development, the policy is at work. The result: nearly 1,500 trees will be torn down to make room for a large ...

In an effort to preserve and restore trees in North Hempstead, the town board recently approved changes to the tree code, including the creation of a preservation fund that ensures removed trees are ...

Bend’s tree preservation ordinance should save trees without seriously hurting the ability to meet housing needs. That may not be its precise purpose, but it’s our view of what its purpose should be.