The New York Times

A Fading Tree, Once Majestic, Had to Come Down. But It Wasn’t the End.

A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. A beloved sugar maple slowly succumbed to disease. Today, it lives on in a new form. Corey Snyder, a wood turner in ...
WHYY

Fairmount Park’s iconic maple tree is gone. Arborists cite climate change

The huge sugar maple that crowned the Belmont Plateau in Fairmount Park for almost a century is no more. With chainsaws and truck-mounted cranes, a crew of city tree maintenance workers cut it down, ...
The New York Times

Giving Thanks for a Beloved Sugar Maple

A majestic tree is fading fast. For the people who loved it, it’s like losing a family member. By Daryln Brewer Hoffstot Hoffstot is a freelance writer living on a farm in western Pennsylvania.
The Herald-Dispatch

Sugar maple replaces storm-damaged oak on Capitol grounds

CHARLESTON — A new sugar maple tree has taken root on the West Virginia State Capitol grounds, thanks to a donation from the West Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association (WVNLA). The 13-foot tree ...
phillyvoice.com

Belmont Plateau's iconic sugar maple tree, nearly a century old, will be cut down this month

A majestic sugar maple tree that has stood on Belmont Plateau in West Fairmount Park for almost 100 years will be cut down before the end of the year due to its declining health, Parks & Recreation ...