How Road Salts Can Damage Your Trees
Every winter, communities rely on road salts to melt ice and keep streets safe. While salt helps people travel safely, it can be quietly harmful to trees along roads, driveways, sidewalks, and parking areas. Each spring, we get calls from homeowners wondering why the trees closest to the street look stressed, discolored, or dying—while trees farther from the road look completely healthy.
Read MoreUnderstanding Co-Dominant Unions
When homeowners look at a tree, they usually notice the canopy, the shade, or the overall shape—but what matters most to a tree’s structural safety is how the branches and stems are attached. One of the most common structural defects in urban trees is something called a co-dominant union, and it plays a major role in why trees split or fail during storms, heavy snow, or high winds.
Read MoreWhy Bark Beetles Thrive on the Front Range
Bark beetles are native to Colorado forests—so why are they causing so much damage now? A combination of environmental factors has converged over the past several years, creating ideal conditions for bark beetle populations to thrive. Prolonged drought, warmer winters, and stressed trees have reduced natural defenses…
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