Tucked away in southeast Missouri, Poplar Bluff offers exactly that rare combination of affordability and livability that has retirees spreading the word like it’s a well-kept secret they can’t help ...

Mingo National Wildlife Refuge, located about 30 minutes north of town, presents yet another natural wonder worth exploring.

The National Trust is creating a ‘living library’ of trees in east Devon in efforts to help save Britain’s rarest and most threatened native species, the black poplar. Building on existing efforts up ...

A pioneering effort to rescue Britain’s rarest native tree has taken root in Devon, as conservationists create a ‘living library’ of black poplar trees at Killerton. The project, spearheaded ...

More info A pioneering effort to rescue Britain’s rarest native tree has taken root in Devon, as conservationists create a ‘living library’ of black poplar trees at Killerton.

A pioneering effort to rescue Britain’s rarest native tree has taken root in Devon, as conservationists create a ‘living library’ of black poplar trees at Killerton. The project, spearheaded by the ...

Ranger Fi Hailstone planting Black Poplar trees at Killerton, Devon. Credit: PA Efforts are being stepped up to save Britain’s rarest and most threatened native species of tree.

Out of an estimated 7,000 black poplar trees left growing wild in Britain, only around 150 of those that have been tested are genetically unique.

The black poplar was once as common as oak and beech, but the drainage of land and the demand for faster and straighter growing non-native timber trees has contributed to the gradual decline of ...