STEP Archives - Sacramento Tree Foundation

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.