/macdonald/taxonomy/term/1179/all en /macdonald/channels/news/mount-royal-lose-4000-trees-montreals-emerald-ash-borer-cull-284063 <p>City of Montreal will plant 40,000 saplings to replace trees that must be cut down</p> <p>Thousands of ash trees infested by the tiny but destructive emerald ash borer will be cut down in Mount Royal Park by March 2019.</p> <p>There are more than 10,000 ash trees in the park, and two-thirds have been treated against the invasive bug.  The rest are getting axed.</p> Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:29:21 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 53132 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/why-are-leaves-montreals-trees-so-green-october-271847 <p>Unseasonably warm September could be cause of slight delay in leaves changing colour, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ professor says. According to <strong>Jim Fyles</strong>, a forest ecology professor and director of the Morgan Arboretum, our city's trees have remained green a bit longer due to higher-than-average temperatures.</p> <p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/green-leaves-changing-colour-fall-autumn-1.4316186" target="_blank">Read more</a></p> <p> </p> Wed, 04 Oct 2017 14:25:44 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52950 at /macdonald /macdonald/channels/news/professor-jim-fyles-appointed-macdonalds-associate-dean-student-affairs-262298 <p>Please join the Mac Community in congratulating Professor Jim Fyles on his new appointment as Macdonald's Associate Dean ( Students Affairs).</p> Thu, 18 Aug 2016 18:49:59 +0000 hcrphoto.macdonald@mcgill.ca 52437 at /macdonald