In August 2011, homeowner Marlene Nickolai watched her largest elm tree (with a 49-inch diameter) cut down because of Dutch elm disease. Less than one year later, she watched the other six elms in ...

Litchfield trees have had a rough decade. A June 2001 wind storm felled more than a thousand trees throughout the city of Litchfield. Last summer, Litchfield Public Works employees cut down 225 ...

However, almost all mature American elm trees have been killed in the last 50 years by Dutch elm disease, which is caused by a fungus, Ophiostoma novo-ulmi, introduced from Asia. Elm bark beetles ...

These beetles prefer to attack hardwood trees, such as maple, elm, willow, and birch. The variety in their choice of host trees makes them a widespread threat to different tree species in your garden.

“Removing Dead Trees Helps Fight Elm Disease,” by Jerry Huddleston (July 25, 1960) In hundreds of university laboratories botanists are seeking cures for the beetle-borne fungus which ...

Likely originating in Asia, Dutch elm disease was first observed in the U.S. in the 1930s. Since then the disease has killed billions of elms around the United States and abroad, Held said. Spread by ...