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Office of Physical Plant staff prepared an American elm tree for removal on Thursday, June 16, near Walker Building on Penn State's University Park campus. The tree is one of 16 slated for removal this summer due to Dutch elm disease.
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Kris Edson, lead tree surgeon for Penn State's Office of Physical Plant, tied off branches of a diseased elm tree near Walker Building for removal on June 16. This summer, 16 elms will be removed from the University Park campus due to Dutch elm disease. Since 2007, nearly 100 of the campus' approximately 293 American elms have been lost to Dutch elm disease and elm yellows.
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Kris Edson, lead tree surgeon for Penn State's Office of Physical Plant, cut off a high branch of a Dutch elm disease-infected tree marked for removal on June 16. Research and aggressive treatment by University faculty and staff have preserved many campus elms that would have been decimated otherwise by Dutch elm disease and elm yellows.
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Drew Beben, left, and Corby Fetteroff of Penn State's Office of Physical Plant fed elm tree limbs into a shredder on June 16 during removal of a diseased elm near Walker building on Penn State's University Park campus. Sixteen campus elms will be removed this summer as the University continues to battle Dutch elm disease and elm yellows. Staff began planting diverse tree species this spring to... Read more ›
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Drew Beben of Penn State's Office of Physical Plant cut through long limbs from a diseased elm tree on June 16. The elm, located near Walker Building on the University Park campus, is one of 16 to be removed this summer because of Dutch elm disease.
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Kris Edson, lead tree surgeon for Penn State's Office of Physical Plant, cut off a high branch of a diseased elm tree marked for removal on June 16. Penn State has aggressively battled for years diseases affecting its landmark American elm stand, but this summer will remove 16 trees infected with Dutch elm disease.
Sunday, May 16, 2021
