In article , helco wrote:
Today's NY Times has an article about the fact that aspens in some western
states are dying of an unknown disease. Perhaps that is part of the
problem? You don't say where you live. Here's the link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/sc...h/26aspen.html. If it doesn't
work, I can copy the text and send that, if you're interested.

There's also a story on the NPR website (npr.org) -- just search for Aspen