Some trees and shrubs have a bad reputation for being susceptible to diseases: lilacs to powdery mildew, junipers to juniper ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's been more than three decades since Dutch elm disease was first spotted in Grand Forks. That first victim was a small tree that grew where the Grand Forks water treatment plant now stands. Since ...

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 ...

Some of the Bismarck-Mandan area streets are a bit less shady these days, thanks to that scourge of elm trees all over North America: Dutch elm disease. But hey, it could be a lot worse. Bismarck has ...

Robin Adair, owner of Arbour Crest Tree Services, said the city has a lot of work to get ahead of dutch elm disease. He said ...

Seventy-five years ago, Dutch elm disease arrived on these shores from Europe with devastating impact. Moving from the East Coast to the nation's mid-section, the disease since has claimed millions of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...