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Baltimore tree enthusiasts you’re going to love this Tree News update:

Local: A few Baltimore residents in Hampden are dressing their trees with homemade sweaters. This urban outdoor art movement has been dubbed “graffiti knitting”, which apparently is a new trend spreading across the country. Graffiti knitting doesn’t stop with trees but has been placed on park benches and light poles as well.

National: The city of Pineville in Louisiana has been named Tree City USA for the eight year by the Arbor Day Foundation, National Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service because of its commitment to community forestry.

National: The Los Angelos fire, which killed two firefighters and burnt down many homes, has destroyed more than 160,000 acres of trees and brush over the last two weeks. Also on the national front, the southwest is experiencing drought this year that has killed hundreds of thousands of trees.

International: World’s oldest living organism, a tree in Tasmania known as King’s Lomatia, has been cloned. The tree, which has shiny green leaves and pink flowers, is more than 43,000 years old and was infected by a deadly fungus. It is now safe.

Sources:

Picture courtesy of the Baltimore Sun

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bal-md.knit08sep08,0,4362505.story

http://nhsbaltimore.blogspot.com/2009/09/add-color-to-trees-around-your-home.html

http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20090910/NEWS01/90910014

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/station-fire-is-60-contained-has-burned-more-than-160000-acres.html

http://twitter.com/LATimesfires

http://world-news.newsvine.com/_news/2009/09/02/3219548-efforts-to-clear-brush-before-la-fire-fell-short?commentId=9214149

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9AEI2G81.html