Trees

The Green Communities Trees Program will coordinate the planting of 1,025 trees across more than 40 counties in Illinois. Woodford County is looking for volunteers to plant 25 of its own.

A dawn redwood is threatened by sewer and sidewalk work connected to ISU's fine arts complex construction. Recent ISU graduate Cassie McGinnis organized a change.org petition to raise awareness about what she believes is one of the oldest redwoods in Central Illinois.

For more than a year, the City of Bloomington has been looking into a new streetscape plan. It's a potential $30 million "generational" project that would replace aging under-and-above-ground infrastructure. Staff have said the effort is about far more than beautification.

The death of a tree on Washington Street shall remain a mystery.City and state officials say there are no pending inquiries into how a once-healthy tree…