Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A young buck paws at the ground and feeds on acorns. (Photo by Aaron J Hill / Adobe Stock) Few average Joes can correctly identify ...

Due to changing weather patterns caused by climate change, young white oak trees are struggling in Missouri forests. Foresters across the country are asking private landowners for help saving white ...

The University of Missouri Extension and the Department of Conservation are enlisting landowners to plant and care for white oak seedlings. The tree species is essential for wildlife and industry, but ...

Sep. 22—NORWICH — City Historian Dale Plummer has spent the past three years gathering hundreds of acorns from white oak trees descended from the state's famous historic charter oak. He planted them ...

There are five key rules to follow when making bourbon whiskey. First, it must be distilled in the United States, and it must be a grain mixture with at least 51 percent corn mash. There can be no ...

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner and Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell last week introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at safeguarding America's white oak tree population. Why it matters: The wood from white ...

Q: I’ve lost large chunks of bark off my Mexican white oak in just six weeks. It is without leaves. It’s a great shade tree on the west side of my kitchen. What might have caused that? A: It's a bit ...

Workers take raw white oak logs and craft them into staves for 53-gallon bourbon barrels at Robinson Stave Mill and East Bernstadt Cooperage in East Bernstadt, Kentucky. The staves are dried in their ...

Two historic Oregon white oaks in northeast Salem, slated for removal because of fungal infections, could be saved.

Foresters across the country are asking private landowners for help saving white oak trees, and Missourians have eagerly answered the call. More than 40 people recently signed up to help the ...