Tag: Conifers
US OPEN ’21: A look at the South Course at Torrey Pines
SAN DIEGO — A hole-by-hole look at the South Course at Torrey Pines Golf Course, site of the 121st U.S. Open on June 17-20....
Music fans flock to Albania’s beach festival despite virus
RANA E HEDHUN, Albania — The Albanian beach site had everything in one place: pine trees, sand, sea, nearby mountains and days of nonstop...
Study: California fire killed 10% of world’s redwood trees
SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — At least a tenth of the world’s mature giant sequoias were destroyed by a single California wildfire that tore...
Cedar Rapids tries to turn city of stumps into tree oasis
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Until one afternoon last August, Cedar Rapids had always been a lush, leafy island surrounded by a sea of corn...
Resilient redwood forest a beacon of hope for California
BIG BASIN REDWOODS STATE PARK, Calif. — Eight months after a lightning siege ignited more than 650 wildfires in Northern California, the state’s oldest...
Players “letting it rip” in team event at Zurich Classic
AVONDALE, La. — Tony Finau is among the PGA Tour players primed to take some unusual risks and big swings this week.
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MASTERS ’21: A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. — A hole-by-hole look at Augusta National, site of the 83rd Masters to be played April 11-14, with famous shots played at...
3 students cited in theft of rare tree in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. — Police who were stumped by the theft of a rare pine tree in November from the University of Wisconsin Arboretum said...
DISPATCH: When home burns, and your job is to cover it
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains had not burned in decades. But they burned the year I lived...
Woman impaled by tree limb has 7 broken ribs, husband says
PORTLAND, Maine — A Maine passenger who was impaled when a falling pine tree struck the vehicle she was riding in suffered seven broken...
