Acorns aren't just food for wildlife, they are the seeds for the next generation of white oaks. For the past decade, researchers say there haven’t been enough of them in Connecticut. “Prolonged ...

As if COVID-19 wasn't enough of a gut-punch, the disease has finally hit the trees. A little known side effect of the virus is what it has done to the forests of Tennessee. Vendors responsible for ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Looking for something to do that’s fun for the whole family and good for the environment? The Tennessee Department of Agriculture’s Division of Forestry has just the thing.

Few average Joes can correctly identify every species of oak growing in North America. That’s the kind of Final Jeopardy-level knowledge typically reserved for foresters, wildlife biologists, and very ...

Tennessee residents are invited to participate in a statewide white oak acorn collection project to aid in white oak restoration across the state. Called the Tennessee White Oak Initiative, it is a ...

I went for a short nature hike on Sunday, Jan. 7, hoping to find something interesting to photograph. After about 30 minutes of searching for something interesting, I sat down under a large white oak ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Acorns are falling along with the autumn leaves, and Tennesseans are invited to collect white oak acorns as part of a program to restore the trees in the Volunteer State. The ...

It’s no secret that whitetails love acorns. Ask any food-plot or farm-field hunter where his buck disappeared to in early fall, and if he’s not guessing “to an oak stand somewhere,” he hasn’t been ...

While many of us will be admiring the breathtaking red, yellow, bronze and gold hues of oak trees over the next few weeks, a wide array of Georgia’s wild creatures will be relying on the oaks for a ...

As leaves change color and fall to the ground around Ohio this autumn, so do the acorns. But are there less of them this year? That could be true, thanks to a below average production of acorns from ...

As if COVID-19 wasn't enough of a gut-punch, the disease has finally hit the trees. A little known side effect of the virus is what it has done to the forests of Tennessee. Vendors responsible for ...