A mature oak can move hundreds of gallons of water from the soil to its leaves on a single hot summer day, most of which evaporates into the atmosphere within hours of being absorbed. Understanding how this system actually works, and where it breaks down under stress, explains a lot about why trees respond to drought, poor soil, and root damage the way they do, and why some of the more common...

It's 2 a.m. and something just hit your roof. Or you wake up to a tree across your driveway and you need to get to work. Or a massive limb is resting against your power line and you're not sure if it's live. Emergency tree situations are stressful, disorienting, and — if you handle them wrong — dangerous. Knoxville gets its share of severe weather: heavy ice storms, high-wind...

The TVA Reservoir System: A Unique Property Ownership Framework The Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir system represents one of the most distinctive property ownership environments in the United States. The TVA's network of 49 major reservoirs, created through the construction of hydroelectric and flood control dams between the 1930s and 1970s, created an entirely new category of real...