Urban ForestryDanielle Mikolajewski
2020 The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
Restoring American Elm to the Urban Landscape
Danielle Mikolajewski is a master’s student at the University of Delaware in the plant sciences major. Her research is on the restoration of American elm to the urban landscape. New cultivars of American elm have been developed by the Ohio Forest Service. These cultivars are pure-breed American elms developed from surviving elms in the Ohio region. They have been tested in lab settings but need to be tested in the landscape. These new elms have been planted in three areas: Newark, Delaware; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Columbus, Ohio. They will be monitored over the coming growing season for stress in the urban landscape.
Funded by Casey Trees
The Garden Club of America Zone VI Fellowship in Urban Forestry
To advance the field of urban forestry by encouraging students to study the planning, management, horticulture and ecology of urban forests, and the effect of healthy urban forests on people and the environment.
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