Forethought in Forestry

While Milwaukee isn't exactly wilderness, the city values the effect of trees on its citizens. When Dutch elm disease wiped out the city's spreading elms during the 60s, the city replanted with maples. Now, 40 years later, the sense of forest has returned. Read Globe columnist Derrick Jackson's article..

It's a pleasure to read a story of American forethought and environmental stewardship.