Pibel Lake Recreation Area is home to the Lower Loup Natural Resource District, geese and as of February 2025, the largest known cottonwood tree in Wheeler County.

Neighbors said that in the summer, the 60-foot cottonwood littered the street with cotton. On Monday morning, sawdust fell from the tree as crews down the cottonwood at the center of a neighborhood… ...

Sierra Leone has been dealt a “great loss,” the country’s leader said Thursday, after its Cotton Tree, which served as a symbol of national freedom, was brought down.

A cottonwood tree that gained considerable support from Durango residents must be cut down to make way for the Animas River Trail underpass, the city announced Thursday.

The 40-year-old cottonwood tree pictured in front of 422 Pratt St. March 14, 2017 will be removed by the city because neighbors have complained about the mess it makes in the spring.

A Longmont cottonwood tree that's been the center of controversy for years was cut down this morning. Now a local woodworker is is taking the tree's trunk and transforming it into a gift for the ...

Cotton fuels fire in Chicago Ridge CHICAGO RIDGE, Ill. (CBS) -- Cotton from a tree helped fuel a fast-moving fire in southwest suburban Chicago Ridge Tuesday afternoon.

A giant tree that towered over Sierra Leone's capital for centuries and symbolized freedom to its residents came down during a heavy rainstorm. Standing over 200 feet tall and nearly 50 feet wide ...

A bulldozer clears the fallen Cotton Tree in downtown Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday May 25, 2023. Sierra Leone’s centuries-old iconic Cotton Tree, seen as a symbol of liberty and freedom by ...