{"id":819328,"date":"2026-07-22T20:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819328\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T20:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T20:25:10","slug":"3rd-new-case-of-dutch-elm-disease-in-edmonton-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/819328\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd new case of Dutch elm disease in Edmonton this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After going <a href=\"https:\/\/edmonton.citynews.ca\/2026\/07\/14\/new-cases-dutch-elm-disease-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">eight months<\/a> without a new case of Dutch elm disease, Edmonton has now identified three new cases in the span of eight days.<\/p>\n<p>The latest case: an elm tree in the Calder neighbourhood, which tested positive for the deadly fungal disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tree was in decline and identified by city crews through a visual inspection. Test results confirmed the disease,\u201d the city said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The tree was slated to be taken down Wednesday, as well as another tree within a one-kilometre radius. The city said that second removal was \u201cproactive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrompt tree removal is essential to maintain the health and safety of the urban forest,\u201d the city said.<\/p>\n<p>It comes eight days after the city confirmed a tree in the Northmount neighbourhood and another in the Rossdale neighbourhood tested positive for Dutch elm disease.<\/p>\n<p>There have now been 10 cases of DED in Alberta\u2019s capital since the disease was first detected in August 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The trees that previously tested positive were in the Killarney, Yellowhead Corridor East, Alberta Avenue and Glengarry neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>There are about 90,000 elm trees in Edmonton.<\/p>\n<p>Edmontonians are asked to help limit the spread of Dutch elm disease by not bringing firewood from another jurisdiction; removing bark beetle habitat; and calling 311 if you see signs of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After going eight months without a new case of Dutch elm disease, Edmonton has now identified three new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-819328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}