Former Forest Service researcher, Morgan Grove, examines a white oak tree planted by agency scientists in the Cylburn Arboretum in Baltimore, MD. KT Kanazawich for NPR When dead trees fall in Baltimore, the city doesn’t pay thousands of dollars to dump them in landfills like some cities do. The trees are transported to a sorting and recycling facility that turns the old wood into furniture, flooring and other products. The facility makes money for Baltimore and has become a model for other cities.