ST. LOUIS (AP) — The ash trees on the grounds of the Gateway Arch are expected to die off soon, and they’re being removed. But the sapling picked as their ...

But tree experts say the real issue isn’t the plane tree, which most agree is a decent choice. Rather, it’s the decision to plant just one species along the Arch’s walkways — a point on which ...

ST. LOUIS • The 900 ash trees that line the walkways of the Gateway Arch grounds formally became targets for the chain saws on Thursday. The National Park Service has long known that Rosehill ash ...

ST. LOUIS -- The large ash trees that line the walkways and make up nearly half of the trees on the grounds of the Gateway Arch will be cut down, in part because of the inevitable arrival of a beetle ...

ST. LOUIS • The old ash trees under the Gateway Arch are about to die, casualties of the imminent arrival of a small green beetle. Local news editor {{description}} Email notifications are only sent ...

Replacing the trees will cost about $1 million. It is part of an estimated $14 million in landscape improvements to the walkways leading to the Arch. The money is expected to come from private ...