Aiken,SC,从Robert Johnston那里收到1亿美金 用于防治橡木, 拯救其城市树木。 Aiken, SC, received $1M from Robert Johnston to combat oak wilt, saving its urban trees.

南卡罗来纳州艾肯市获得了艾肯街景创始人罗伯特·约翰斯顿的100万美元捐款，用于抗击橡树萎凋病，这是一种威胁城市树木的真菌感染。 Aiken, South Carolina, has received a $1 million donation from Robert Johnston, founder of Aiken Streetscapes, to fight oak wilt disease, a fungal infection threatening the city’s trees. 该基金由社区基金会管理,将支持在南卡罗来纳州各地清除受感染的树木和种植新树。 The funds, managed through the Community Foundation, will support removing infected trees and planting new ones across South Carolina. 这一疾病已经影响到查尔斯顿街的22棵树,大部分是水橡树,这些树已被砍掉,留下树桩。 The disease has already affected 22 trees on Charleston Street, mostly water oaks, which have been cut down, leaving stumps behind. 此项努力旨在阻止该疾病的蔓延,并保护城市森林。 The effort aims to halt the disease’s spread and protect the urban forest.