University turns downed trees into treasured keepsakes

Penn State's ongoing effort to suppress Dutch Elm and Elm Yellows disease is seeing success, as many of the trees on the University Park campus remain healthy. However, despite the effort's overall success, some of Penn State's majestic elms have succumbed to disease. The University is preserving the wood from its fallen elms, some of which graced the campus for nearly 100 years, in a new line of furniture and picture frames now available to Penn State alumni. (Elms Collection site is at http://goo.gl/6gX4a online.) Produced by C Roy Parker.

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