PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Portland’s first-ever Heritage Tree is being taken down on Aug. 5 after more than 150 years because of the trees’ declining health and significant damage after recent storms.

For decades, the American elm population has dwindled, and one of its greatest threats is the deadly Dutch elm disease, which has taken its toll on Brown’s campus, too. The tree removal culminated in ...

An American elm tree that predates the Civil War was cut down this week. The tree has stood on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 since the first church building was constructed in 1851 ...

An elm tree that served as backdrop for the promise of peace and survived a war-time wood shortage continues to grow in significance – even though it fell in a storm 200 years ago. Over a four-day ...