[Carriage Hill]

I found an Elm Beetle-resistant Ulmus Americana years ago on a customer’s property, and took every seedling the tree dropped, grew them on and gave away over 500 saplings (8-10ft) to re-populate the county. They had a natural genetic resistance to the virus. BTW, the “Dutch Elm Disease” was misnamed; the Dutch were helping us find a cure, which didn’t happen. But the disease was wrongly attributed to them. It was a European Elm bark beetle, from Asia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_elm_disease

[Sacajaweau]

The Elm trees lined our street creating an archway. Also huge chestnuts. "Exotic" birds were all over the place...orioles and blue jays and red winged blackbirds...along with the ordinary sparrows and robins etc.. They're all gone now except for the ordinary birds and pests like pigeons.

They have planted smaller leafed trees like Little Leaf Linden which is also salt resistant I believe.

Thanks for your info.