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 ...

Grand Forks still loses more than 100 trees a year to Dutch elm disease, even as its threat has decreased in recent decades. Dutch elm was first found in Grand Forks in 1979 and reached its height in ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 36 trees planted last week at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights have a big job: To help revitalize the state’s elm population. The American elm trees, each about 2 ...

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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 ...

In early July, Denver’s forestry team discovered that Dutch elm disease – a fungal tree killer that targets American elms – was back after a twelve-year absence from the city. While the team is hoping ...

GRAND FORKS – As June approaches and trees begin to leaf out, Sean Lee, the forestry operations manager with the Grand Forks Park District, knows it’s time to begin watching out for Dutch elm disease.

Majestic elms towered above city sidewalks and filled out the canopy of dense Midwestern forests with their graceful, arching branches — until Dutch elm disease took them down by the millions. Now, ...

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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 ...

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 ...