IN the water-meadows opposite my home in Chalfont St. Peter several elm trees were blown down by last winter's gales. The horses and cows grazing on these meadows spent much of their time in chewing ...

Mike Javidi put his hand on a the rough, damp bark of the massive cut of a tree trunk in front of him. It was at least four feet in diameter and came from the mid-section of an historic elm tree cut ...