Bushes would prevent sidewalk buckling Several years ago, after the removal of the boulevard Dutch elm trees whose roots had caused sidewalk sections to buckle, I replaced — on my own initiative and at my own expense — the sidewalk in front of my house on 12th Street from the Fifth Avenue curb to the property line.
July 10, 2013 - Dunn County News
Minneapolis trying to deal with five new areas infected with emerald ash borer When Dutch elm disease hit Minneapolis in the 1970s, the city aggressively removed the damaged trees and was able to save some of the giant elms lining the boulevards. That will not be the case with ash trees infested by the emerald ash borer. “All ash trees are at risk, and all of the infected trees will die,” Peggy Booth of the Minneapolis Tree Advisory Commission told members of the City ...
July 9, 2013 - MinnPost