For the past 20 years, a minuscule, viridescent insect — the emerald ash borer — has been laying waste to ash trees. The ...

This action followed the identification of nearly 300 trees in need of removal ... nutrients from reaching the leaves. Beyond being a nuisance, the dead and dying ash trees pose significant ...

Thomas Hardy wrote that people could identify a tree by its susurration - the sound of leaves in the wind ... the hiss of the ash, whooshing pines and the strangely silent yew.