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 ...

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

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 ...

Portage la Prairie’s Dutch elm disease program continues through the winter months, with contractors steadily working through a list of affected trees identified for removal within city limits. The ...

PROPOSED CLEANUP MONEY COULD BE AN EXCUSE TO SWEEP UP ENCAMPMENTS. OF SACRAMENTO’S OLDEST AND LARGEST TREES AND NOW, THE NEXT TIME YOU’RE OUT FOR A WALK OR BIKE RIDE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY HELP PROTECT ...

University forest resources employee Colleen O’Connor said an elm tree provided her St. Paul house and yard with shade and free air conditioning for the 20 years she has lived there. But six weeks ago ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Elm trees in the Twin Cities could be in for their worst year since 2004, when Minneapolis lost 10,000 to Dutch elm disease. So far this year, Minneapolis forestry workers have tagged ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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.

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 ...