Ep. 348 - Reversing the Nightmare on Elm Streets

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we sit down with Ecologist Dr. Leila Pinchot to learn about her work on American elm (Ulmus americana) restoration. Devastated by the combination of invasive fungi and bark beetles, American elm and its relatives present a challenge to species and ecosystem conservation. Learn why city trees were more heavily impacted than rural trees and find out how selective breeding and proper restoration planning are helping ensure elms have a future in our forests. This episode was produced in part by Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to the IndefensivePlanse Podcast, the official podcast of IndefensivePlanse.com.
0:05.7	What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week?
0:10.0	We're going to continue the tree conservation story, but today we're going to focus on Elms.
0:14.6	And joining us from the Northern Research Station is Dr. Lila Pincho to talk about all of her work
0:19.4	on American Elm Conservation. Now if you're like me, you grew up an area where there were streets
0:24.7	named Elmwood or Elm Street. Only there are no Elms there. Well you're going to learn why there are
0:28.9	no Elms there and what is being done to make sure that one day we can return Elms to everywhere
0:33.8	from the human environment all the way out into the forests themselves. But I'm not going to do any
0:38.8	more justice to this in the intro, so let's just jump right into it without further ado.
0:42.7	Here's my conversation with Dr. Pincho. I hope you enjoy.
0:59.5	All right, Dr. Lila Pincho, it is wonderful to have you on the podcast. I am super excited
1:05.2	to talk to you today, but first let's start off with who you are. Tell us a little bit about your
1:09.2	background. Hi, yeah, it's great to be here. Let's see. Well, I, um, I don't know, who am I?
1:19.6	I grew up in Connecticut. I guess that's a good place to start, but also back and forth
1:24.4	to Pennsylvania when my parents divorced. And that's important because I spent a lot of my youth
1:30.6	running around the wilds, the woods of Pennsylvania, where I fell in love with plants and trees and
1:37.0	nature in general. From there, I studied biology at Oberlin College in Ohio, where I didn't expect
1:45.1	to come back to, but the last forward will get to that. I did end up back in Ohio. So my father
1:51.3	is a forester of sorts. Okay. And clearly that had a big impact on my career choice and
1:59.2	interest in trees in general. And we have this property in Pennsylvania,
2:04.0	Eastern Pennsylvania. And I remember when I was in high school, he took me out to a big
2:10.5	American chestnut tree that we have on the property at the time, probably 10 inches in diameter,
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