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Art Holden Outdoor Correspondent A little bit of this, and a little bit of that … If you were around in the1970s and '80s, and depending on your ag...

September 11, 2023
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Art Holden Outdoor Correspondent A little bit of this, and a little bit of that … If you were around in the1970s and '80s, and depending on your age, you probably heard at one time or another about the loss of 75% of the elm trees in the United States. A fungus, the result of beetles eating into the bark of the tree, devastated the species worldwide. First discovered in Europe in 1910, by 1928 it showed up in America, the result of logs shipped from the Netherlands to be used for veneers in the furniture-making industry.

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