Beech leaf disease, caused by a nematode, is spreading through Washington County and Maryland, threatening beech tree populations. Beech trees play a vital role in forest ecosystems, contributing ...

Pests that are too small to be seen by the naked eye are leaving a giant problem in their wake in Maryland. Forests and ...

Beech trees across the state are seeing worsening symptoms of the fast-spreading complex beech leaf disease, according to the Maryland Department of Agriculture.

In heavily affected areas, up to 30% of beech trees are killed within seven years of contracting beech leaf disease.

Maryland's beech trees face worsening disease outbreak. Learn signs, mitigation tips and how to report sightings to safeguard these vital trees in your area.

HANCOCK — Scorched. That's the way Meredith Cochran describes the young stand of beech trees that is dying on the upper reaches of land she owns in Hancock behind her house. Three years ago, Cochran ...

How to protect these trees and manage this disease is an area of active research. One way you can help is to report BLD when you find it, tracking the spread of this disease is one step towards ...

Left untreated, the demise of a beech tree with beech leaf disease occurs in 2-7 years.

A few weeks ago a reader suggested I write about beech leaf disease, but I said it wasn’t that big a deal. Then I went for a walk in the woods and was astonished – but not in a good way.

ESF also receives funding from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to investigate deadly beech leaf disease, which is rapidly spreading across the northeast.