RENO BOTTOMS - The elm tree that towered over Andy Meier was a survivor. At 37 inches around and about 150 years old, it had so far avoided Dutch elm disease, the fungus that wiped out many of its ...

FARGO — Fargo city forester Scott Liudahl's job sometimes involves having to cut down trees, but no matter how many times it happens, it still bothers him. "I take it very personally, especially if ...

Without question or doubt, ashes rank as the most common and most abundant trees growing along our neighborhood streets and in our yards and parks. Elms rank much lower in abundance as street trees.

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...

To walk down a street in a town like Midland, Mich., these days is to witness mass carnage — ash trees, long a favorite of city arborists for their tall silhouettes and abundant foliage, have been cut ...

With the loss of - or, at least, heavy damage to - most of the region's ash trees, what should we do about replacing those losses? First of all, while I never have been a huge fan of planting ash ...

The American elm (Ulmus americana) was once a common sight on the Upper Mississippi River, but Dutch elm disease, or DED, has killed many trees. DED is an invasive fungal pathogen that is spread by ...

Waterloo is partnering with the Iowa DNR to replace about half of the trees that were lost to the emerald ash borer in the past decade. The city will be making one type of apple tree and three species ...

Emerald ash borer has yet to found in Brown County, but the Aberdeen Forestry Department isn't sitting idly by waiting for the insect's inevitable appearance. About 35 to 40% of the boulevard trees in ...

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Forester Andy Meier inspects an elm tree on the Mississippi River for possible signs of Dutch elm disease, which has wiped out many of the elms in the river's floodplain ...