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Via #CTV News @ 2:47pm EDT on Sept 03, 2024

A total of four trees in #Edmonton have tested positive for #DutchElmDisease in what is the first appearance of the disease in the city.

All four have been removed and the city says it is taking "swift action" to assess all of the #elm #trees in the two affected neighbourhoods – #Killarney and #YellowheadCorridorEast – to contain the spread.

edmonton.ctvnews.ca/dutch-elm-

Edmonton · Dutch elm disease found in Edmonton for first timeA total of four trees in Edmonton have tested positive for Dutch elm disease in what is the first appearance of the disease in the city.

Disease has killed most of UK's elm #trees since the 1960s—but they may be making a comeback phys.org/news/2024-07-disease-

"Fortunately, a network of knowledgeable private citizens has taken up the mantle of elm research and poured time, effort into the trees... #elm enthusiasts import and care for resistant elm... monitor their suitability for the local environment, how the new trees compare with #elms of the past and their ability to host species such as the white-letter hairstreak #butterfly"

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@henrikbengtsson BTW, there are useful languages where _everything_ is read-only (a.k.a. immutable). My favorite is #Elm (for webapps) and it is a delight to work with, because many whole classes of bugs are completely avoided at the language level. So yeah, marking stuff as immutable is very powerful!