Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. River birch has been called "the most beautiful of American trees" by Prince ...

Editor's note: This is the last installment of a seven-part series, “One Man’s Trash: How Jim Ward and Fred Heebe turned River Birch into a landfill empire.” Having waged successful campaigns against ...

My river birch has had some yellow leaves over the past few years but has gotten much worse this year. Is there anything I can do to save my tree? — Joe Knudson, Waukegan, Ill. You should plan on ...

Got a birch tree that doesn’t look too healthy after our long, dry summer? You aren’t alone. Both European white birch and river birch are popular landscape trees in the Inland Northwest. However, ...

Now, owners Jim Ward and Fred Heebe are targets of a sprawling federal grand jury probe into their effort to monopolize the local dumping business Twenty years ago, the site of southeast Louisiana's ...

The classic and trusted book “Fifty Common Trees of Indiana” by T.E. Shaw was published in 1956 as a user-friendly guide to local species. Nearly 70 years later, the publication has been updated ...

The Jefferson Parish Council is expected to extend its landfill management contract with River Birch LLC through 2037, part of a sweeping new arrangement that would allow the contractor to merge ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. — The River Birch landfill in Avondale has been approved to take in debris from the aftermath of the Smitty’s supply facility explosion in Tangipahoa Parish — but so far, they ...

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (WSPA) After months of planning and construction, Spartanburg’s River Birch trail is complete. “We’re really really excited to see it completed, making this crossing over Lawson’s ...