By Julia Purdy RUTLAND— Last fall Rutland neighborhood streets glowed with the golden foliage of ash trees, but since October, 75 streetside ash trees have been removed, Public Works Commissioner Jeff Wennberg told the Mountain Times Jan.23. That was the […]
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City ash trees to come down
By Katy Savage RUTLAND—Back in the mid-1900s, when Dutch Elm Disease wiped out about 77 million elm trees, Vermont towns started replacing the canopy-like trees that lined streets and public parks with something similar—ash trees. Now, towns are contemplating how […]