The American Elm

The American Elm:  Majestic, Imperiled, Renewed (Editor Beezhan Tulu)
A turning point in the effort to restore elms was the planting of 88 Princeton American elms along Pennsylvania Avenue at the White House as part of the redesigned pedestrian avenue. The planting in March 2005 was the largest American elm planting in decades and marked a milestone in the 75-year effort to combat Dutch elm disease.
The documentary, The American Elm: Majestic, Imperiled, Renewed, is part of an effort to help public officials, the media and individuals better understand the multiple benefits of urban trees, their importance in addressing local and global ecological problems, and their importance for healthy, sustainable communities.
Residents, researchers, arborists, mayors, activists and others were interviewed for the project, including in: Minneapolis; Washington, D.C.; New Canaan, Conn.; Princeton, N.J.; Raleigh, N.C.; Pittsburgh, Pa.; Kent, Ohio; Portsmouth, Manchester, and North Hampton, N.H.; and Great Barrington, Lanesborough, Deerfield, Sheffield, and Haverhill, Mass.

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