Trees

The city of Charlotte said it lost about 1,000 acres of trees from 2018 to 2022. At the current rate of loss, the city would have a 40% canopy by 2050.

A fight is brewing over planned apartments near the wealthy Piper Glen neighborhood in south Charlotte. At the center of the fight is a family of bald eagles that live on a nearby golf course.

Updated 3:17 p.m.The town of Matthews has fined a developer $50,000 for cutting trees that were supposed to be saved on the site of a new apartment and…

Charlotte neighborhoods have been a cacophony of chainsaws for weeks — since Hurricane Florence and then Tropical Storm Michael blew down trees and limbs…

Longtime Charlotteans remember the shock of seeing streets and yards littered with untold thousands of trees, brought down by Hurricane Hugo in September,…

Charlotte has a goal of having trees cover 50 percent of the city by 2050. But a report out this month says the city may have trouble hitting that goal,…

A beetle known as the Emerald Ash Borer has killed hundreds of ash trees at two land preserves in Lincoln County. The beetles have been in North Carolina…

An unusual North Carolina Forest Service program has staff compete to collect tree seeds. After a fertile year, the service is touting the results.James…

This week, the WFAE Talks crew discusses stories making news that concern city politics, the environment and education.Greg, Lisa and Ben discuss initial…

Duke Energy has been the subject of a lot of criticism lately, and it’s not all about coal ash.For the past month, Duke had workers apply a chemical to…