Overview
This summer will be a lot noisier than usual. 17-year Brood X (ten) cicadas are expected to emerge in the billions in every part of the WEMU listening area. The last irruption was in 2004.
Periodical cicadas are thought to have evolved the 17-year pattern to avoid predation. They are eaten by nearly anything that can fit them in their mouths, so the survival strategy is to win by sheer numbers. The event will last about two months, beginning in May when the soil warms to 64°F. The nymphs crawl up the trunk of the tree where they molt into the adult form.
Ann Arbor to give away free trees to reach 10K goal
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Trees turn fall colors along Jefferson Street in Ann Arbor s tree-lined Old West Side neighborhood on Oct. 2, 2020.Ryan Stanton | The Ann Arbor News
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ANN ARBOR, MI Ann Arbor aims to plant 10,000 trees on private properties by 2030.
The “10,000 Trees Initiative” is part of the city’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 and in doing so, Ann Arbor is offering residents free trees to plant on their property, according to their website. Residents will have to register for a “FreeTree” event, request a tree and pick it up from the distribution site.
Ann Arbor starts planting 10,000 trees with free Arbor Day giveaways
Residents encouraged to plants free trees on private property, increase urban canopy
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In this photo taken early January 2020, and provided Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, a Wollemi pine tree sapling grows on the forest floor in the Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia. Specialist firefighters have saved the world s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney. (NSW National Parks and Wildfire Service via AP)
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Nicknamed Tree Town, Ann Arbor is known for its green spaces and, of course, its trees.