A family tree farm is entering the holiday season without its beloved owner for the first time since it opened. Rettig Tree Farm in Bondurant started selling trees in the late 1970s.

While the gun-deer season may have opened this weekend, so did another traditional experience for many families across the central Wisconsin area... Christmas tree farms.

What happens when a Christmas tree farm plays a pivotal role in protecting the local watershed? A conservancy group in Wisconsin is transforming the farm into a preserve to protect its ecosystem.

MULLICA TWP. – Lanza’s Tree Farm has been a staple of the community here for four decades with families coming by to get their fresh-cut Christmas trees each holiday season. The farm has had ...