Tree topping – when the entire top of a tree is cut off – seems to have become a preferred method of tree pruning. Beauty is certainly in the eyes of the beholder, but is it good or bad for the tree?

As trees grow and reach heights which many consider to be unsafe, tree owners would often top their trees by reducing the tree size. This is by heading back most of the large, live branches from the ...

From time to time I like to climb up on my soapbox, so here goes. When will people learn that topping trees is wrong? Topping is one of the worst things that can ever be done to a tree. If there were ...

I love walking and I love trees. I especially love to combine walking and tree watching. I love elegant, stately trees in the winter when, without leaves, the beautiful tree structure is evident. But ...

The worst thing that you can do to a tree is to top it. Topping, also called dehorning or hatracking, is to cut a tree so severely that it can be subject to infection, pests and will be stressed to a ...

We have recently seen a horrible example of tree mutilations at the corner of Highway 82 and El Jebel Road in front of the commercial plaza. Large and medium-sized willow, elm, locust and aspen trees ...

Q: Many times I have read, “Never top a tree!” I have also read that we should keep fruit trees at 8 feet for easy picking. And some experts recommend keeping avocado trees at 11 feet. Either I don’t ...

A mission to undo decades of damage to the redwoods of California caused by unchecked logging involves even more logging — and chain saws. The California redwood forests, once heavily logged, now face ...

EUREKA — The coronavirus has shut down most of Humboldt County, as it has the rest of the state, but some traditions of northwest California endure: Loggers keep felling redwoods, and eco-activists ...

Justin Higginbottom / JPR In dense forests off I-5 in Josephine County, Oregon, up a few miles of winding dirt roads, a handful of tents, a hammock and an acoustic guitar mark the camp of those ...