Then, they may stand in front of the wrought-iron fence and pose for a new photo with their new tree, she said. Katy Reckdahl can be reached at [email protected] or 504.826.3396. Facebook ...

New Orleans’ tree coverage rate would be even lower if it didn’t have two unusually large wooded areas: City Park and Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge, which, at 30,000 acres, is the ...

The New Orleans Reforestation Plan offers a new, ... The city also lost more than 200,000 trees from Hurricane Katrina, dropping its overall tree canopy to just 18.5 percent.

A volunteer for Sustaining Our Urban Landscape, or SOUL, scoops dirt while planting a young magnolia tree in New Orleans' 7th Ward in 2021. Joseph Evans III, ...

NEW ORLEANS — Many residents in New Orleans are concerned that their Christmas trees still haven't been picked up from the curb. The city holds an annual Christmas tree recycling program each year.

Camly Tram, right, works with her parents Phuong Tram and Hang Lam to plant a cypress tree on the Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022.

Straight-line winds knocked down a large tree in the lot adjacent to Michael Gilbert's home in the 3200 block of St. Ferdinand Street in New Orleans' Desire neighborhood. "I was at work," Gilbert ...