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Urban Trees

Sustainability

Urban Trees are Dying: Is Climate Change the Culprit?

Kansas City’s urban canopy is under stress, and the city is working to address the issue. But what are the root causes?

by Haines Eason

News & Issues

Kansas City Approves Funds for Park Over South Loop Downtown

City Council has approved millions in state and federal funding for the four-block South Loop project. Officials hope the first half of the park could be finished by the 2026 World Cup.

by Celisa Calacal, KCUR 89.3

News & Issues

Trees are Spreading Across the Great Plains, Making Climate Change Worse

We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

News & Issues

A ‘Green Glacier’ is Burying Prairies, Threatening Ranchers and Wildlife

A juggernaut unleashed by humans is grinding slowly across the Great Plains, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet beneath dense junipers and shrubland.

by Celia Llopis-Jepsen, Kansas News Service

News & Issues

Push to Plant Trees in Kansas City Takes Root

Influx of Federal Funding Helps Fight Heat Islands, Climate Change

by Martin Rosenberg

Arts & Culture

Truman Library Makes Plans to Host Hiroshima Trees

Living Legacy of Total War

by Brian Burnes

News & Issues

Shivered Timbers: Cold Season Brings Surging Demand for Firewood and Real Christmas Trees

Christmas Tree farms are selling out faster than normal in 2020

by Jacob Douglas

Sounds of the Soul

Sounds of the Soul | Making Trees Talk

Folks at Moon Beam Mandolins Listen to the Wood

by G10 Creative

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Jo Anna Dale

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