Butternut trees are dying across the northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada. A fungus is killing the big trees much like Dutch elm disease killed American elms over the last century. And just ...

Central NY News; Disease that could wipe out black walnut trees in East moving toward New York . Published: ; May. 13, 2016, 5:53 p.m.

A recent report by the NYC Biodiversity Task Force says the city needs more funds to protect its increasingly at-risk fauna ...

Feb. 2—On a quiet street in the city of Oneonta's Sixth Ward stands a century-old butternut tree, recently declared the largest tree of its kind in New York state by the state Department of ...

Butternut (Juglans cinerea), also called white walnut or oilnut, grows rapidly on well-drained soils of hillsides and streambanks in mixed hardwood forests. This small to medium-sized tree is ...