Acorns bounce like ping-pong balls on the sidewalk. Hickory nuts plop onto the lawn. Walnuts fall with a thud on the ground. These trees are pummeling anything and everything below their branches.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Have you noticed any fallen acorns, walnuts and chestnuts covering sidewalks, parking lots, or even your yard? The Virginia Department of Forestry is asking people to collect ...

Plunk! Plop! Gee whiz! Some acorn season this is! Last year our oaks made only a handful of acorns on each tree. This year, the sound of acorns falling punctuates our lives 24/7. Acorns crunch ...

The Virginia Department of Forestry is seeking 12 species of acorns and nuts that can be planted at its Augusta Forestry Center in Crimora to grow into tree seedlings that will become the forests of ...

They’re a sure sign that winter is coming, but there are other uses for fallen acorns and other tree nuts. Earthwork Programs will host a Fall Edibles Workshop in Northampton on Sunday to teach folks ...

POWHATAN COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Want to help reforest land in Virginia? Powhatan State Park will host an event on Saturday where attendees will collect acorns and tree nuts to be used to plant trees ...

It's that time of year when trees begin feeling the impacts of Mother Nature's wrath. Whether it's too much rain, not enough rain, too hot or too cold, a tree's health is very dependent on the weather ...

Miller is a chestnut grower and runs a chestnut processing cooperative and Ajamian heads up the Appalachian Staple Foods ...

Have you noticed that there are a LOT more acorns than usual this fall? I know I have. Acorns are the nut/fruit of oak trees, and we certainly have a TON of oaks around San Antonio and the Hill ...

DAVENPORT — Not even 200,000 acorns could lure Living Lands and Waters mascot "Squirrelly McSquirrel" out of hiding Saturday. "I forgot my costume," program manager Tammy Becker joked. Yet, about 40 ...