Landowners want their black walnut trees to grow into veneer quality, but not all trees make the grade. Here are practical tips to managing your trees.

Q: I have two black walnut trees close to my house. I need to get them taken down and I wonder if there are avenues available to sell the valuable lumber. Tim Thompson, Cartersville A: My mother ...

Thousand cankers disease, a fungus spread by a beetle, can kill walnut and butternut trees by destroying tissue just beneath the bark. (New York State Invasive Species) Syracuse, N.Y. -- A tree ...

Yuba and Sutter counties have announced an official walnut-buying period to deter theft amid an upswing for the tree nut.