http://admin.urbanforestrysouth.org An electronic 'publication' from the Center for Urban Forest Research (Davis, CA) & the Urban Forestry South (Athens, GA) entitled "The Large Tree Argument" is available in two formats. daily 1 2007-11-20T21:37:34Z http://admin.urbanforestrysouth.org/resources/library/the-large-tree-argument-1-up Large stately elm trees once graced many communities throughout the US. But now they are gone. Why were entire communities so disappointed when they lost their elm trees to Dutch elm disease several decades ago? People had a sense that these large trees were important to them, their family, and their community. And this was long before we quantified the benefits of trees. Now we have scientific evidence for what these people knew decades ago. No publisher mhowell Large-stature Small-stature 2007-12-07T01:43:20Z Citation http://admin.urbanforestrysouth.org/resources/library/copy_of_Citation.2004-04-13.0724 Large stately elm trees once graced many communities throughout the US. But now they are gone. Why were entire communities so disappointed when they lost their elm trees to Dutch elm disease several decades ago? People had a sense that these large trees were important to them, their family, and their community. And this was long before we quantified the benefits of trees. Now we have scientific evidence for what these people knew decades ago. No publisher mhowell Large-stature Small-stature 2007-12-07T01:43:21Z Citation