Ash tree threat reminds us that when we lose wildlife, we lose stories

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Ash tree threat reminds us that when we lose wildlife, we lose stories

Nature has far-reaching roots, not least the magnificent ash tree and its European mythology. Both could be lost to die-backReading the shocking news about ash die-back, the disease that has now killed most of Denmark’s ash trees and many of those across the rest of northern Europe, I was reminded that when we lose our wildlife we lose some of our stories.