Earth.com

Tiny fungus carried by bark beetles found to spread Dutch elm tree disease

Bark beetles moving between trees routinely carry two fungi that are responsible for the Dutch elm tree disease outbreak.
Newsday

Artists get first cut of historic elm tree in Greenport

Mike Javidi put his hand on a the rough, damp bark of the massive cut of a tree trunk in front of him. It was at least four feet in diameter and came from the mid-section of an historic elm tree cut ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Could massive elm trees be a thing again someday?

For more than a thousand years in eastern North America, anyone who wanted to build a house or replace a roof, or maybe just needed a few storage bins, a canoe, and a snow shovel, knew where to shop.
The Gazette

Foresty Department: Keep eye out for Dutch elm disease

Pay attention to your elm trees. That's the message from Colorado Springs Forestry Department officials. They want tree owners to be on the lookout for signs of Dutch elm disease which despite the ...
House Digest on MSN

Bark Beetles: What Are They And How You Can Protect Your Tree

If you spot tiny holes and piles of sawdust on your tree, bark beetles could be the culprit. Unfortunately, the solution ...
MassLive

How do you save an historic and endangered American elm tree? UMass alumnus to host demonstration Thursday in Amherst

For centuries, the American elm tree dotted the Eastern United States with its wide, spindly canopy, it branches splitting away from the trunk into an arching umbrella of leaves. But as a University ...
The Courier-Journal

Louisville was home to the largest slippery elm in the US. This week, it became a stump

From her second-story bedroom window, Judy Steer used to wake up to an elm tree in the morning and go to sleep with it at night. She watched the moonlight shimmer through its branches in the darkness, ...
Gothamist

These Prospect Park elm trees stood for about a century until disease struck

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 ...
CU Boulder News & Events

Emerald ash borer, European elm scale treatments to begin this month

This spring and summer, Facilities Management (FM) Outdoor Services and Housing Facilities Services (HFS) will continue to engage in responses to the emerald ash borer (EAB) and European elm scale ...
Valley News Live

Carpenter works to preserve pieces of massive Champion American Elm tree from Lisbon

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 ...
Observer-Reporter

End of an era: Historic elm tree at Washington church comes down

An American elm tree that predates the Civil War was cut down this week. The tree has stood on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 since the first church building was constructed in 1851 ...