April 3, 2008

Branching Out

By Brennen Jensen

The Face of Philanthropy
Photograph by Dan Smith, Casey Trees

Long before thousands of pink-blooming cherry trees turned the nation's capital into a springtime tourist draw, Washington was known as the "City of Trees." Its streets were well shaded, the parks lush and leafy.

But the 20th century was hard on Washington's trees, as disease and

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