Another successful year of saving the elms

A group of STEP monitors listen to their trainer teach them about the signs of Dutch Elm disease

Sacramento’s historic elms helped us earn the title of City of Trees. Unfortunately, our beloved elms are being threatened by the incurable Dutch elm disease (DED). Each year the Tree Foundation partners with City of Sacramento Urban Forestry to train community scientists to help monitor these trees and prevent the spread of DED.

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Community scientists in training spot Dutch elm disease

On our first Saturday morning walkabout for SacTree’s Save The Elms Program with certified arborist Dan Pskowski, our team of community scientists learned about American and English elm trees, identifying the symptoms of Dutch elm disease (DED), and how to report symptoms of the disease. We even discovered an elm showing symptoms of DED around Curtis Park!

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Chronicles of the Sacramento elms: Part 2

American elms line the streets in Sacramento's Elmhurst neighborhood; these old trees are susceptible to fatal Dutch elm disease (DED)

As National Arbor Day approaches, it’s a good time to reflect on our region’s devotion to the trees that make our landscape so pleasing to the senses. Until the 1880’s, Sacramento was nicknamed the “City of Plains” for its broad, treeless flatlands. It was then that an effort began to transform the area into the “City of Trees”; the elm was the crown jewel of the new canopy.

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