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The elm trees on my street downtown have been infested the past couple of years with what I think are elm leaf beetles. We can see little striped worms climbing up the bark, and the leaves are chewed ...

Dutch elm disease has been reported back in Denver after more than a decade of its absence. The Denver forestry office discovered the disease last month in the old American elms along 17th Avenue ...

Dutch elm disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began its rapid spread across elm populations, killing most American elms. Every year the disease continues to spread ...

Prospect Park Alliance arborist Malcolm Gore counted the rings on a tree stump at the top of a hill in Prospect Park. "I got to 90,” he said. Counting tree rings for age isn’t entirely accurate, Gore ...

FAIRFIELD — When Connie and John Haruch decided to build their home on West Knoll Court more than 36 years ago, the builder planned to cut down several trees, including a sizeable elm tree that would ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - An enormous and historic American Elm tree in Lisbon was diagnosed with Dutch Elm Disease and cut down in June. Now, a Bismarck man has salvaged a huge portion and ...

If you’re thinking about stripping the bark from slippery elm trees for a little extra cash, be reminded that this activity is illegal on national forest lands. The herbal medicine market has spurred ...

Elm-lined streets were once ubiquitous in America. The trees’ success throwing beautiful, shady canopies over urban environments made them one of the most popular to plant in the country. Then a ...

Recently, our diagnostic lab at Kansas State University reported a high volume of Dutch elm disease cases in Kansas. The disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began ...

A group of Oak Park and River Forest High School students is hopeful its research on an ecologically safe way to save trees from Dutch elm disease could help the local community. To address the ...