Disease Decline Death of Large Old Trees in Maryland Virginia Washington DC and Your Town Too
Decline and Removal of Large, Old Trees in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.
Overview
In recent years, numerous large and historic trees have been reported as declining or have been removed across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. These removals have been attributed to various factors, including age-related decline, disease, environmental conditions, and infrastructure projects. This report provides a detailed account of notable trees that have been affected, examines reported diseases, and explores environmental conditions that may have influenced their decline.
Notable Trees Affected
Linden Oak (Bethesda, Maryland)
- Description: A white oak (Quercus alba) estimated to be over 300 years old, standing at 97 feet tall with a crown spread of 132 feet.
- History: Recognized as the fourth-largest of its species in Maryland and the largest in Montgomery County. It was designated a Maryland Bicentennial Tree in 1976.
- Decline and Removal: The tree showed signs of decline starting in 2020, with loss of major branches. By 2022, it had died. It was removed in July 2023 for safety concerns.
“Stumpy” the Cherry Tree (Washington, D.C.)
- Description: A Yoshino cherry tree along the Tidal Basin, notable for its resilience despite significant structural damage.
- History: Estimated to have been planted around 1999, the tree became a popular symbol of survival despite its compromised state.
- Decline and Removal: Chronic flooding from the Tidal Basin contributed to root damage and fungal growth. The tree was removed in May 2024 as part of a larger project to restore the seawall. Clippings were taken to propagate new genetically identical trees.
Tidal Basin Cherry Trees (Washington, D.C.)
- Description: The historic cherry trees of Washington, D.C., originally gifted by Japan in 1912, are a major tourist attraction.
- Decline and Removal: In 2024, 159 cherry trees were scheduled for removal due to damage from aging, rising water levels, and structural decline of the seawall.
Additional Reported Tree Losses
- Route 355, Montgomery County, MD: Reports indicate the loss of large trees along this corridor, but specific details on timing and causes are unclear.
- Catalpa in Darnestown, MD: Information on this specific tree is limited, but reports suggest it was identified as declining.
- Old Tree near the Mormon Temple, Silver Spring, MD: Sources mention a historic tree in this area, but there is no detailed public record of its removal or cause of decline.
- Howard County & Prince George’s County, MD: While multiple large tree removals have been reported, specific locations and causes remain unverified.
Contributing Factors to Tree Decline
Diseases and Fungal Infections
Several tree diseases have been identified as affecting large trees in the region:
- Sooty Bark Disease (Cryptostroma corticale) – A fungal disease affecting maples, especially sycamores (Acer pseudoplatanus). This pathogen thrives in warm temperatures and can cause rapid decline.
- Decay Fungi (Xylaria polymorpha, “Dead Man’s Fingers”) – Found in weakened trees, these fungi cause structural instability by breaking down wood.
- Dutch Elm Disease – A well-documented fungal pathogen that has significantly reduced elm populations in North America.
- Oak Decline and Wilt – Affected white and red oaks in Maryland, often due to a combination of fungal infections and environmental stressors.
Environmental Stressors
- Climate Change & Weather Extremes – Shifts in temperature, precipitation, and storm frequency have contributed to stress on large trees, particularly older specimens.
- Urban Development – Soil compaction, pollution, and altered drainage patterns have impacted tree health in high-traffic areas.
- Flooding and Water Damage – The Tidal Basin cherry trees have been directly impacted by rising water levels, leading to prolonged root waterlogging and fungal growth.
(Source: National Park Service)
Sunlight Dimming & Atmospheric Conditions
- Research has examined the impact of reduced sunlight on plant growth and fungal proliferation.
- Studies indicate that fungal infections can be influenced by changing light conditions, with some species thriving in low-light environments.
(Source: PMC Biology)
Geoengineering and Aerosol Spraying Theories
- Some researchers, including those at Geoengineering Watch, have proposed that atmospheric aerosol spraying (often referred to as “chemtrails”) could contribute to environmental changes affecting tree health.
- These theories suggest that the introduction of particulates into the atmosphere may influence soil composition, plant immune responses, and fungal growth.
- While mainstream scientific consensus does not confirm these claims, independent researchers continue to investigate the potential effects of atmospheric modifications on ecosystems.
(Source: Geoengineering Watch)
Conclusion
The loss of large, old trees in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., has resulted from a combination of natural aging, disease, environmental stress, and human activities. While some cases have direct explanations—such as rising water levels and fungal infections—other factors, including atmospheric changes and their potential impact on tree health, remain topics of ongoing research and debate. Future studies may provide additional insights into the long-term causes of tree decline in urban and suburban environments.
Latest notable victims: Darnestown’s Civil War era, champion Catalpa and massive neighboring tree. Official report on why 100+ year old champion Catalpa and massive neighbor were cut down (mentions nothing of what’s below.)
Have you examined your trees and plants lately? De-barking, drying and dying in place; Brittle and breaking-off, part-way up in light to moderate winds; Weird fungus growing amuk; Holes through and strange “chemical burns” on practically all leaves. Roots dying and drying, toppling over with huge root clumps intact as if they’ve lost their grip on the earth.
Up to 20% of the trees along the C&O Canal are similarly stricken. Forests, woods, and even backyards are now litered with dead fallen trees pre-rotten, strangely bent and deformed young trees, and are generally sickly looking and alarmingly thinning. What could be causing this?
This broad assault has a silent, spooky source colloquially called “chemtrails” but identified in the military and other literature as “geo-engineering”, “climate engineering” or “weather modification” — a global program, in fact, actually poisoning the entire web of life. The video of this link is superb. “It’s so hard for a rational mind to comprehend what an irrational mind will do.”
But let’s start with some military patents related to chemtrails, weather modification, and weaponized weather warfare.
ABOVE: Not uncommonly but still noticeably, Darnestown and in fact all of the Washington, DC area was very heavily sprayed on the morning of the Pope’s departure for New York. If you can recall, the days during the Pope’s visit were the last glorious days of comparatively unobscured sunlight in DC, with every day since made hazy- or milky-white, overcast by aerosol spraying.
Military-funded, owned or controlled plane-spray / aerosol-related patents
The
- aluminum, barium and other toxic metals
- fibrous proteins (synthetic chitin)
- recombinant (gmo) spider silk
- engineered tissue and organic materials delivery
- bio-antenna formed by (inhaled) conductive nano metamaterials
- electromagnetically receptive nano-materials for brain-machine interfacing
- aerosolizable means to mass-disperse and“deliver any type of molecular compound, such as, pharmacological materials, vitamins, sedatives, steroids, hypnotics, antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents, prostaglandins, and radiophannaceuticals”
… and whatever else is being sprayed falls down to contaminate the soil (and thereby poison everything in the food chain) as confirmed by astronomical lab-measured levels that are orders-of-magnitude above EPA maximum levels. This is happening primarily over inhabited areas and may be Pollyanically explained away as defense against “global warming”, later called “climate change”, which remains, under any name, mired in intense scientific contention: Great Global Warming Swindle and Dr. Easterbrook — Global Warming Hoax & Facts.
USAF: Owning the Weather by 2025
Weaponized weather is a global initiative undertaken covertly, with cavalier abandon (we are – now is – the test), by secretive means, under nefarious guises, per dubious agendas, and with measurably dire consequences. The first step is becoming aware. Most people are not even that far, still stuck in combative, messenger-killing denial. Maybe facts can sway smart, reasonable minds.
Geo Engineering – Wild Weather, Dead Trees, Blighted Crops
“Whether this is a chemtrails or contrails issue is irrelevant…in fact, let’s forget that chemtrails are listed in government documents as a weapons system, designed to destroy eco-systems and target populations…”
Turned from blue into grey muck by chemtrail spraying.
There are many thousands of these videos online and perhaps millions of pictures. The plainly visible phenomenon of aerosol trails released from planes that subsequently expand to cloud over the sky was beyond question over a decade ago. The only surprising thing is how many people either haven’t noticed or else angrily insist upon an alternate reality through oaffish denial.
ABOVE: FLAGRANT TOXIC SPRAYING — STRANGE DAYS, STRANGE SKIES — “The daily parade of spray tankers spewing noxious trails into the skies over our heads has been in full swing since 1997. Now the death rate is up. Life expectancy is dropping. People are coming down with a bizarre new plague called Morgellons.” Infertility is sky-rocketing. Trees and crops are dying. Do you suppose there may be a causal connection? Many people do, and they’ve been researching it while you’ve been asleep, mesmerized by weaponized “news” and distracted by endless televised “entertainment” programming.
Chemtrail watch groups, dogged researchers, documentary films, medical doctors
Global Dimming
geoengineeringwatch.org – Dane Wigington – Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth
“There is a mountain of toxic material falling on us.”
Jump right into the middle of an excellent interview: Dane Wigington on Coast-to-coast (part 2).
“If you’re walking down the street, your breath is condensing as you go, you don’t look behind you and see a trail [of your condensed breath] stretching out for the last mile and expanding to cover the horizon.”
NOAA’s previous claim of ’70 degrees below zero and 70% humidity’ as required for water-vapor exhaust condensate – this was removed from their website. “The science is completely flexible when it comes to governmental agencies.”
“Global dimming is estimated to be 20%; that means 20% of the sun’s direct rays are no longer [because of chemtrails] reaching the surface of the planet.”
“50,000% increase in aluminum in the rain.”
Respiratory death now third leading cause of fatality.
Some days, losing up to 80% of solar uptake. – SOLAR OBSCURATION, the goal, to block the sun. GLOBAL DIMMING.
http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/ – Rosalind Peterson
Long-time researcher into weaponized aerosol programs, biological consequences. Bees. Navy dumping. Smart meters.
carnicominstitute.org – Clifford Carnicom
Long-time researcher into weaponized aerosol programs, biological consequences. Morgellons.
dutchsinse.com – Michael Janitch
Accurate predictor of hundreds of severe storms, tornadoes, using only websites and NEXRAD RADAR ring images. His deep research into military and university involvement in the multi-faceted HAARP project (ionospheric heater, oil locator, weather weaponizer, earthquake instigator, submarine communicator) is shocking.
stopthecrime.net – Deb Tavares
Whistle-blower; investigator of military and other documents. Hosts an amazing list of military and other source documents from which the darker, weather warfare and genocidal claims are quoted. The “NASA war document collection” and (PDF) Silent Weapons for Quiet Wars are particularly heinous.
Long-time observer, researcher into aerosol plane spray.
What in the World are They Spraying?
Documentary film.
Why in the World are They Spraying?
Documentary film.
What chemtrails are doing to your brain.
Even the artist formerly (and most recently) known as “Prince” speaks up
Compelled by comments of Dick Gregory video about chemtrails.
Weather Modification, for commercial hire
You can hire your own “cloud seeding” / rain-making. On an adequately large scale, it is possible to reliably cause area-wide (or nation-wide) droughts, floods, and wild weather patterns. Call and ask them.
Tanker Enemy — aerosol streams NOT coming from engines
Excellent short video comparing and contrasting the traditional water-exhaust “contrails” that quickly dissipate, versus the long, persistent aerosol sprays that expand to overcast and blot out the sun.
Tanks on a Plane — Geoengineering And The Collapse Of Earth
See also this extensive (but partial) list of geo-engineering related patents. Most shocking is the matter-of-fact tone, as if biocidal mass aerosol pollution is desirable, acceptable, even inevitable.
They’ve already taken your blue skies, fresh air and truth. What else will you give up?
BELOW: Excellent 15-minute United Nations presentation of Geo-engineering, chemtrails, weather manipulation, and its resoundingly negative effects. Reveals the killing of the trees, destruction of the ozone, weakening of the soil, poisoning of the water, crops, and life. Will you speak-up or continue suffering global dimming and constant poisonous aerosol spraying just like pests?
BELOW: Superb documentary: SHADE — Smart, brave specialists present many important aspects of the chemtrail aerosol spraying program, including how the aluminum oxide nano-particulates are taken up by the trees, which then dries and kills them from their insides out (~44:00 in, with a literal spray-salting of Texas soil revealed at ~45:00 in).
BELOW: Chemtrails and “Electro-smog” are intimately related (see Smart Meters, for stupid people? also on this site)
ABOVE: NASA image shows intricate web of chemtrails over southeastern US
“Chemical incapacitants have been developed that affect the mental functions of the mind in various ways. Today, research and deployment continues of chemical and radioactive substances that can control people. One of the methods that chemical and radioactive materials work is to change genetic structures. Some of the genetic changes that can be created chemically, are chemical changes that affect the way the mind thinks. In a nutshell, we are looking at a situation where the thinking of an entire race could be altered via chemicals dropped into their air and water. How long would these genetic changes last? It is conceivable that some of the changes might have long range consequences. Again, the bottom line is that the World Order has at its disposal radioactive substances that can distributed in conjunction with chemicals to mind-control large geographic regions by genetic manipulation. These radioactive substances and chemicals can be distributed over vast areas by the air and water of a geographic region. It is conceivable that within a short time, the United States will experience chemicals administered via the air, or the drinking water used in conjunction with specific external stimuli to reinforce certain types of mind-control programming on a mass of people. A chemical that makes people susceptible to suggestion could be used over a geographic area while hypnotic television messages and ELF waves, etc. contribute to the mind-control operation.”
From the 2004 Global Research article “Aerosol and Electromagnetic Weapons in the Age of Nuclear War”. Just imagine all the goodness that has been devised since then…it’s now being sprayed all over you and everything you love.