On tornado anniversary, volunteers work to replace trees that were downed by the storm
Dozens of volunteers marked the one-year anniversary of the March 2020 tornado by planting trees up and down Holly Street in East Nashville, hoping to replace ones uprooted by the storm.
and last updated 2021-03-05 06:47:20-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Dozens of volunteers marked the one-year anniversary of the March 2020 tornado by planting trees up and down Holly Street in East Nashville, hoping to replace ones uprooted by the storm.
The effort was part of the Nashville Tree Foundation s ReLeaf Nashville campaign, which hopes to restore the tree canopies in areas hit by the tornado.
Volunteers mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day with North Nashville tree planting event
Dozens of volunteers gathered on the Fisk University campus this week to help plant dozens of trees in an event that Fisk leaders said continued the university s history of social justice.
and last updated 2021-01-20 09:02:19-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Dozens of volunteers gathered on the Fisk University campus this week to help plant dozens of trees in an event that Fisk leaders said continued the university s history of social justice.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Day event was hosted by the Nashville Tree Foundation, and was the final push in the organization s months-long effort to plant more trees in North Nashville, an area that has fewer trees than any other part of Davidson County.
USDA rolling back emerald ash borer regulations
This week, federal officials announced they are rolling back restrictions that were put in place to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that destroys ash trees.
and last updated 2020-12-18 08:25:27-05
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â This week, federal officials announced they are rolling back restrictions that were put in place to slow the spread of the emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that destroys ash trees.
The invasive insect was first identified in Michigan in 2002. Since then, it has spread through much of the Eastern United States. The first emerald ash borer in Davidson County was found in 2016.