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Video: A Path Forward After California’s Deadliest Wildfires

Hotter wildfires are reshaping California’s forests. Replanting them has never mattered more.

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Are Some Trees Fire-Resistant? Actually, Yes.

Meet 6 trees that are defying flames.

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Extreme Weather

Cities Meet Mounting Urban Heat Challenges With Trees

Trees offer municipalities an affordable, effective tool to combat rising temperatures.

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Extreme Weather

Facing Down California’s Monster Fires

One firefighter shares his experience with extreme wildfires.

Volunteers work collaboratively to dig in the dirt of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans to replant trees lost to Hurricane Katrina.

Video: Honoring 20 Years of Recovery in the Lower Ninth Ward

Tree plantings are revitalizing this historic and underserved New Orleans community.

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How Healthy is the Forest? Ask This Owl.

From habitat loss to an “evil twin” problem, the Northern spotted owl gives conservationists a lot to consider.

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Extreme Weather

Mapping the Heat: How Science and Strategy Guide Tree Planting

Discover how data-driven tree planting helps cool down the hottest communities.

Two volunteers in matching shirts carry a potted tree down a residential street, ready to plant it in a sunny neighborhood.

Planting a Cooler Future in Phoenix’s Villa Verde Neighborhood

How trees are helping shade a neighborhood hemmed in by concrete surfaces on all sides.

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Extreme Weather

Private Lands: The Next Reforestation Boom?

Huge parts of the American Southeast are privately owned. That’s good news for reforestation efforts.

Group of tree planters standing in front of tree in Hawaii.

Rebuilding Lahaina: One Family’s Journey Home

From ash to avocado trees, one Lahaina family is growing their way back home.

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Science & Technology

Restoring the Heart of Puerto Rico

Combining nature and technology to replant the island in the wake of disaster.

A man and a boy dig a hole in a sunny suburban street, surrounded by neighbors cleaning up yards and parked cars.

Rooted in Resilience: Stories from the Lower Ninth Ward

Meet the forces behind a greener, stronger New Orleans.