The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) has plagued native ash trees in Illinois and Iowa since 2006 and 2010, respectively. This pest was first introduced in 2002 around the Detroit area and ...

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 ...

With the loss of - or, at least, heavy damage to - most of the region's ash trees, what should we do about replacing those losses? First of all, while I never have been a huge fan of planting ash ...

To walk down a street in a town like Midland, Mich., these days is to witness mass carnage — ash trees, long a favorite of city arborists for their tall silhouettes and abundant foliage, have been cut ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Mark Reiland traced his finger along a groove in the bark of an ash tree on ...

But there’s hope, and that’s where Holden Arboretum is playing an important role, whether it’s researching spread of the disease, experimenting with insecticides, or trying to clone trees that are ...

Emerald ash borer has yet to found in Brown County, but the Aberdeen Forestry Department isn't sitting idly by waiting for the insect's inevitable appearance. About 35 to 40% of the boulevard trees in ...

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 ...