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Arbor day is this Friday and the city of Grand Rapids is planning a three day celebration. To help make our city greener, GR is giving away free trees to Grand Rapids residents!

Hemlock trees infected with hemlock woolly adelgid have been found in West Michigan in Park, Port Sheldon and Spring Lake townships in Ottawa County and in Norton Shores and Whitehall in Muskegon County. Learn how to identify hemlock woolly adelgid and what to do if you find it.

The Great Lakes have returned to normal water levels after seeing above-normal precipitation over the past couple of years, but Michigan's trees still need more water to recover from a decade of droughts. Cold winters have also created stress on Michigan's trees. See more on the extent of winter's damage and which species of trees and shrubs have been hit the hardest.

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Are you looking to get rid of your Christmas tree before you ring in the New Year? The City of Grand Rapids Public Services is offering free Christmas tree recycling!

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and DTE Energy Foundation have awarded grants worth over $75,000 to 28 communities in Michigan. The City of Kentwood was among those awarded money to plant trees.

What do you get when you combine tree planting with beer and a movie? A good time.

Millions of spiders took to the trees, fleeing flood waters in Pakistan. The resulting photos on the MNN.com website are amazing. Large trees completely encased in spider webs, like giant sticks of cotton candy, only with less sugar and more dead bugs...