A evergreen tree cut about two-feet from its base sits along East 40th Street on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Tacoma, Wash. Trees are more important than ever to Tacomans’ health, shielding us from ...

The city’s trees would see new protections if certain recommendations for Home in Tacoma Phase 2 take root. Advocates say the package’s proposed landscaping and tree-canopy mandates are needed to ...

Tacoma is embarking on a project to better regulate the preservation of trees in the city by 2027. The preservation effort comes from work that the City Council and staff did on Home in Tacoma – a ...

When Easton Umansky chose a college, Tacoma's trees were a deciding factor. "We don't have trees like this back home," said Umansky, who hails from San Diego. That cinched his choice of the University ...