The situation was bleak two years ago when an upsurge in Dutch elm disease threatened to sweep through St. Helena's historic Tunnel of the Elms on Highway 29. Trees were succumbing left and right.

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 ...

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 ...