For decades, the American elm population has dwindled, and one of its greatest threats is the deadly Dutch elm disease, which has taken its toll on Brown’s campus, too. The tree removal culminated in ...

It’s a sunny September day in Castine, Maine, and I’m standing in a stranger’s yard debating how best to hug a tree. Not just any tree, but an American elm, a fully mature Ulmus americana. I want to ...

PACIFIC GROVE — In a square-block park there are quite a few trees — some cypress, Torrey pines, a couple of live oaks, a magnolia, and one American elm. Some might say the tree that bears enormous, ...