A maple tree stands in my back yard, as it has ever since my family moved to this home almost 20 years ago. It was huge even then, one of my favorite features at this comfortable place set like a ...

Standing under a massive white oak in Leesburg’s Ida Lee Park, arborist Jack Myrna wrapped a yellow measuring tape around the tree trunk.

I love trees. Like mountain and rock climbers, years ago I climbed trees just for the fun of it. I still feel the urge sometimes. Some years back I visited a special place in large wood that was a ...