Finding comes from a study conducted by Texas Forest Service urban foresters

Lufkin — The Lufkin Daily News is reporting: Last year’s unrelenting and historic drought was responsible for killing an estimated 5.6 million trees in communities across the state, a recent Texas Forest Service study found.

Forest service officials said that number could represent as much as 10 percent of the total trees that make up the urban forest — trees that line city streets, shade homes and give residents a quiet place to relax at local parks.

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