Newton Trees

Bob Ackley of Gas Safety, Inc., maps a natural gas leak affecting the root zone of a tree at 24 Melville Ave. in the Nonantum section of Newton, Ma...

Boston University researcher and associate professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, Nathan Phillips, maps gas leaks on city streets.

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Worcester, MA could be almost anywhere in America. But when a foreign invasive pest - the Asian longhorned beetle - was discovered to be killing Wo...

A message from your local asian longhorned beetle

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Ackley continues barhole testing around a second tree across the street at 25 Melville Ave., and explains why a large expanse of pavement is of con...

Underground gas leaks in the root zones of trees, due to aging infrastructure, can cause premature tree death. The Newton, Mass., gas leak survey b...

In 2009, Newton, Mass., signed on to the Massachusetts Public Shade Tree Trust, established by attorney Jan Schlichtmann and gas leak detector Bob ...