Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's that time of the season if you have a silver maple tree in your yard or in the neighborhood. The seeds are falling in great ...

ERIE COUNTY (W.K.B.W.) — Experts say the maple trees across Western New York are in a mast year this year, meaning they are producing a massive amount of "helicopter" seeds. "In a perfect world, the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrew Dickerson, University of Tennessee (THE CONVERSATION) When wind or other ...

ST PAUL, Minn. — Caring for forests across Minnesota is one of the DNR's most fundamental missions, a task that requires a significant amount of resources and manpower. The job of reforestation is led ...

There were helicopters everywhere! It was snowing helicopters in my garden and lawn last weekend! AAACCCCKKKK! These helicopters were the fruits of the silver maple trees and were abundant. Many ...

John Badman is a 1982 graduate of SIU-Carbondale, with a major in cinema and photography and a minor in law enforcement administration of justice. He has worked at The Telegraph in Alton full-time for ...