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.
Yahoo

Dutch elm disease came first. Then emerald ash borer. Now, an urgent push is on to restore trees.

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 ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Invasive Wasp Is Wreaking Havoc on Elms in North America—and the Damage May Soon Spread to Other Trees

Elm zigzag sawflies can munch on plants beyond their preferred elm trees when foliage isn't available, a new study suggests ...
Grand Forks Herald

Dutch elm disease still threat to area trees

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 ...
Yahoo

U of M researchers are planting ‘survivor’ trees in hopes of defeating Dutch elm disease

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 ...
kcra.com

App lets you report trees in Sacramento plagued with Dutch elm disease

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 ...
Westword

Dutch Elm Disease Is Back in Park Hill, Putting Denver’s Oldest Trees at Risk

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 Herald

THE PRAIRIE GARDENER: Dutch elm disease has claimed millions of trees

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 ...
The Denver Post

Dutch elm disease reappears in Denver’s urban elder trees

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 ...
journalgazette

Elm disease consumed decades

Aug 26, 2021 Aug 26, 2021 Updated Jun 6, 2022 For decades, the city's forestry workers battled Dutch elm disease with projects to spraying healthy trees and removing dead or diseased trees. The ...
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 ...