[Lincolnparkdc] Dutch Elm Disease hits 100 bl Kentucky

[regina arlotto]

Hello neighbors-

I happened to be outside today when Steve McKindley-Ward with DDOT's Urban
Forestry division came by to check a tree on our block. Sadly, he told me
that the *tree in front of 127 Kentucky will need to be removed due to
Dutch Elm disease.* He said that a sure sign is when the leaves come out
and immediately turn brown and crinkly, as this tree is showing. This
symptom typically happens between May - June, so Steve said during these
months he routinely drives around in our neighborhood scanning our
beautiful old elms for symptoms.  He tries to catch them early enough and
have it removed before it can infect more trees next to it or even the elms
across the street. He said that the disease spreads via roots or a beetle
that carries the fungus.

Unfortunately, *there is no treatment that can save the tree. *He is
putting in an emergency request to have the tree removed. It will most
likely happen next week. I learned also that the trees on poopy island are
all disease resistant elms, which is good, even though they have some
issues of large branches dropping as they get bigger.  DDOT is trying to
diversify the inventory throughout the city so we might get a London Plane
tree in this location. There is a London Plane tree in the tree box in
front of the parking sign at the alley on the north end east side of
Kentucky (directly across the street from 115 Kentucky, if that helps.)
Steve expects to plant a new tree this fall/winter.

If you really want to geek out on trees (I just did) and see the trees that
are planted on every single block in DC, you can go to DC's Open Data GIS
Tree Inventory
<https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/urban-forestry-street-trees/explore?location=38.888865%2C-76.989468%2C20.00>
and zoom in to see.

I am also attaching a photo I took today after Steve left showing clearly
the brown leaves and the infected limbs juxtaposed with some branches that
have green leaves.

Best regards,
Gina Arlotto
123 Kentucky
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