The 36 trees planted last week at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights have a big job: To help revitalize the state’s elm population. The American elm trees, each about 2 ...

Researchers and volunteers plant elm trees in a field at Boutwells Landing senior living community in Oak Park Heights on Friday, May 16, 2025. The University of Minnesota researchers hope the trees ...

Elms were once a staple of Minnesota's tree canopy; this is how researchers hope to bring them back The University of Minnesota is planting "survivor" trees in several places to help elms thrive after ...

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 ...

Minnesota Soil and Water Conservation Districts (SWCD) are now promoting their spring tree orders. Minnesota farmers, ...