To walk down a street in a town like Midland, Mich., these days is to witness mass carnage — ash trees, long a favorite of city arborists for their tall silhouettes and abundant foliage, have been cut ...

Without question or doubt, ashes rank as the most common and most abundant trees growing along our neighborhood streets and in our yards and parks. Elms rank much lower in abundance as street trees.

Did you hear what happened to the wooden car with wooden wheels and a wooden engine? It wooden go. Wood, at least from ash trees, is in excess supply since emerald ash borers have killed hundreds of ...