Rädda Asken is an initiative which came to life when the researchers Lars-Göran Stener and Michelle Cleary started to study the Ash Dieback and its’ effects during the decades. When Lars-Göran discovered that 2-5% of the investigated ashes had a hereditary resistance against the disease, a plan was made to improve the stock of candidate trees for the breeding trials. The idea was to ask the public for locations of healthy-looking ashes in infected stands. The scientists wrote their first article on the subject in 2014, which was titled “Rädda asken! Hur du kan hjälpa till med att motverka askskottsjukan” (”Save the ash! How you can help preventing the Ash Dieback”). It was sent to a number of nature and forest magazines, and the response from the public was bigger than expected. The aim with this project was and still is to save the ash from extinction and secure a resilient population for the future. Today this work is continues by Michelle Cleary together with her colleagues Mateusz Liziniewicz and their students in the team.