Every state's nickname and where it comes from
Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...
The Columbian6d
In Our View: Boost, protect Evergreen State’s tree canopy
Washington is known as The Evergreen State, a nickname coined by ... they cover — approximately half of the state — the urban tree canopy also deserves attention. “Trees provide a lot ...
When a cat is stuck in a tree, a WA organization is there to help
Sears and his rescue partner Tom Otto are both arborists. They rescue cats across Washington state but mostly in Western Washington. Sears says the highest tree they’ve rescued from was 185 feet tall.
The Daily Californian13d
An ode to my magnolia tree
Yesterday, the magnolia tree in the courtyard of my apartment building burst into bloom. The pelting rain that drove me inside had apparently also coaxed the buds, which had been closed for the ...
komonews28d
Residents clash with tree cutters in Seattle's Lake City to save towering Douglas Firs
SEATTLE — There’s an occupation underway in Seattle’s Lake City neighborhood. Homeowners and residents, determined to keep two trees alive and out of harms reach of massive chainsaws and ...
Hosted on MSN28d
15 Types of Magnolia Trees Every DIY Landscaper Should Know
Most common in coastal areas of the US Southeast but found as far north as New York, this native deciduous-to-evergreen magnolia tree (or shrub) grows up to 100 feet tall. Sweetbay magnolia trees ...
KUOW28d
Seattle claims to 'protect' hundreds of trees that were never threatened
athy and Dan Robinson’s excitement about their upcoming kitchen renovation turned to puzzlement when Seattle building officials required them to count and measure each tree in their yard and ...
Reuters7d
Buyout barons’ evergreen rush is risky money tree
Credit-focused $68 billion BCRED came next. Schwarzman’s shop also has evergreen vehicles targeting institutional investors, including $43 billion Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, which ...
Seattle Times4d
Seattle’s trees: Protect what makes our city beautiful
Cutting down mature trees is not essential to the necessity of increasing housing density within the Seattle city limits, and the City Council needs to rescind its ill-advised 2023 development ...
KUOW21d
Seattle counted trees as protected that may not have been in peril
In 2023, Seattle City Council waded into controversy by passing a long overdue tree protection ordinance. The law regulates whether homeowners can remove trees on their property and designates ...
MyNorthwest.com20d
Police: ‘Man In Tree’ arrested after calling 911 over 40 times in few hours
The man was identified by police as 37-year-old Cody Lee Miller, KATU stated, the same man who stayed in a Seattle tree for around 25 hours in 2016. According to police, dispatch said Miller ...