Arkansas confirmed bird flu in a Baxter County backyard flock on Oct. 27, its first case this season. The state urges chicken keepers to keep wild birds out.
A coyote hurt a 16-month-old in an Atwater Village backyard Oct. 16. CDFW euthanized a coyote and took DNA after neighbors spent months warning officials.
Florida’s attorney general lists tree removal under the price-gouging law in 27 Isaias emergency counties and warns tree-service texts appear to be scams.
Norcross votes Nov. 2 on a $3.08 million City Hall parking expansion that would cut tree canopy beside Wingo Street homes, as citywide canopy fell 12%.
A Latah County deputy used long-handled loppers to free a moose calf caught in wire 75 feet from a woman’s back door, under her apple trees, on Oct. 14.
A pine more than 100 years old fell through Katherine Loflin’s Cary, N.C., roof in an Isaias storm. Her dog and cat survived; repairs run $50,000 to $100,000.
Crews cut the last of four marked cottonwoods in Lochiel, Arizona, on Oct. 5, ending a 71-day tree-sit; activists say at least 12 people were arrested.
A Salmon, Idaho couple fought a black bear at their back door on Oct. 2. Fish and Game says the bears fed for days on garbage and chickens next door.
Two Overton County men pleaded guilty to stealing a 55-foot black walnut from Standing Stone State Forest and selling it to a sawmill, and each owes $2,050.
A Little Haiti duplex owner is suing after a crew clearing the next lot cut down a 50-foot oak on the property line, using a consent letter he says he never signed.