DENVER (CBS4) - An insect threatening to kill hundreds of trees in Colorado has gotten the attention of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock who wants to get ahead of the problem. The Emerald Ash Borer has ...

DENVER (KDVR) – Denver Parks and Recreation is planting free trees around the city, all you have to do is qualify and apply for a tree near you. The initiative is called Be a Smart Ash and its focus ...

Denver’s City Forester is encouraging Denver residents to embrace their inner Smart Ash and join the Be A Smart Ash movement; a campaign launched in preparation for the inevitable arrival of the ...

Mayor Michael Hancock and other civic leaders are launching a new campaign that aims to help protect the City of Denver's urban forests. The "Be a Smart Ash" campaign encourages Denver residents to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER — Hundreds of thousands of trees in ...

Rob Davis never imagined being a superhero, much less one with superpowers to use against a tiny foe. But as a forester with the City and County of Denver (he’s basically the city and county’s go-to ...

Denver’s downtown corridor is now home to dozens of new trees after the city recently began replacing some that were dead or dying. The trees are being replaced as part of the city’s Be A Smart Ash ...

The City of Denver was put on red alert in June, when the emerald ash borer was identified in the city for the first time, following more than a decade of warnings. The emerald ash borer is an ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. The bad news: An invasion is inevitable. Even worse, more than 330,000 potential victims have already been ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... More than one year into an ambitious citywide campaign to prevent an outbreak of the invasive emerald ash borer, Denver officials still have not detected any ...