Researchers hope to bring elms back to Minnesota's tree canopy

University of Minnesota researchers, including Urban Forestry Outreach & Research (UFOR) manager Ryan Murphy, helped to plant about 80 disease-resistant American elms at a public event in Bloomington in April. The trees are part of the U of M's Elm Selection Program, which seeks to restore elms to the ecosystem following decades of loss caused by Dutch elm disease. 

Since it began in the early 2000s, the Elm Selection Project has grafted, grown, and planted more than 200 disease-resistant elms. 

Learn more about Dutch elm disease, the Elm Selection Project, and U of M research by reading Erin Adler's article "Elms were once a staple of Minnesota's tree canopy; this is how researchers hope to bring them back" in the Star Tribune.