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 ...

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 ...

On the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, rows of tiny elm trees sprout in a test field run by University researchers. These elms are a series of new trees cloned by the University that ...

Elm-lined streets were once ubiquitous in America. The trees’ success throwing beautiful, shady canopies over urban environments made them one of the most popular to plant in the country. Then a ...

It's not easy being green, especially for elm trees. This summer -- like others -- the no-fuss granddaddy of shade trees is a host for disease, insects and a foul stench. And the common but deadly ...

KANDIYOHI, Minn. -- You want big trees? William and Ute Reid have big trees. Lots of them. How about state record contenders for rock and red elm? Not to mention bitternut hickory. Did we mention ...

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 ...

Dutch elm disease has been present in the United States since the 1920s, when it began its rapid spread across elm populations, killing most American elms. Every year the disease continues to spread ...

Your Reporter Kelly Werthmann specializes in coverage of Aurora. She also anchors CBS Colorado's weekend evening newscasts. Share you story ideas with her by sending an email to [email protected].

OGDEN CANYON, Utah — A fungal tree disease, which has destroyed millions of trees in the United States, has been detected in Utah for the first time. “We were sick to our stomachs thinking about what ...