PORT TOWNSEND — A second town hall-style meeting on the future of the Lombardy poplar trees lining Port Townsend’s entrance is set for today at 5 p.m. The forum ...

Dear Neil: I received a small sapling as a gift when I purchased other trees from a well-known national mail order source of trees. I asked the company what it is, and they told me Lombardy poplar.

PORT TOWNSEND — It’s not a matter of whether the Lombardy poplar trees will come down, it’s a question of what happens in the wake of the clearcutting. That was the message from city officials during ...

Drought and disease have taken a heavy toll on five non-native Lombardy poplar trees near the main entrance to UC Santa Cruz. The campus will start removing the decaying trees on Monday (Aug. 28), ...

I’m not an arborist or forester but I do love trees … their stateliness, the shade they provide, the fact that birds use them for their nests and many more reasons.That’s why it pains me to have to ...

Q: My neighbor has a bare spot in her yard to the north of a large elm tree. I have watched it this summer and noticed that I have the same thing forming near my elm tree. She also is now getting a ...

Lombardy poplar trees dot the landscape at the bottom of the canyon. That's because they were a favorite of settler I.B. Perrine; he planted several groves near his ranch. Others followed his example ...