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Schiller Park Works To Save Its Ash Trees
Within a couple of weeks, as many as 29 Ash Trees in Schiller Park will be treated with insecticide. The treatment is part of an effort to spare the trees from the invasive insect the Emerald Ash Borer. The bug was first detected about a decade ago in lower Michigan and has already killed millions of Ash trees in Ohio and 14 other states.
Large Scale Collection of Emerald Ash Borers to Begin This Spring
State agriculture officials have a new way to try to stop a tree-killing insect. They will begin hanging more than 7,000 traps this spring to catch the Emerald Ash Borer. The Asian insect has damaged or killed an estimated 25 million ash trees in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.
Scientists Hope the Emerald Ash Borer Succombs to Tiny Chinese Wasps
Dr. Houping Liu checks the eggs of Chinese wasps in an incubator. Entomologists at Michigan State University hope the wasps bring the tree-killing Emerald Ash Borer under control.
There may be a ‘silver bullet’ that will bring the Emerald Ash Borer under control. Scientists are wondering if another Chinese import might finally mean EAB as met its match.
Tiny Insect Changes Ann Arbor Landscape
Once shaded by a 50-foot Ash the owners of this Ann Arbor home had to install air conditioning
Scientists believe the Emerald Ash Borer entered the U.S. from China almost ten years ago. It’s been killing ash trees in the Great Lakes region ever since. The city of Ann Arbor, Mich., known for its thickly wooded neighborhoods, has lost most of its ash trees which made up about 15 percent of the city’s urban forest. Ohio officials wonder if the same thing could happen in Columbus.
Columbus, Grandview Heights Take Similar Approaches Planning for Emerald Ash Borer
Keith Culbertson removes the crown of an ash on Northwest Blvd. in Grandview Heights
In less than ten years the Emerald Ash Borer has taken a devastating toll on the ash trees in the state of Michigan. And it’s spreading. It’s now been found in 31 Ohio counties. Without a significant breakthrough in fighting the tree killing insect, the impact here could be devastating. Two central Ohio cities, Columbus and Grandview Heights, have similar plans to deal with the invader
Insecticides Offer Some Hope to Save Ash Trees
Now that federal funds have run out, the State of Ohio has halted destroying ash trees infested with the Emerald Ash Borer and has confined efforts to locating infestations and studying the trees’ decline. About a quarter of Ohio counties are under quarantine because of the insect. But some Ohioans are fighting back with insecticides to try to save their trees.
Ohio Expands Ash Tree Quarantine in Franklin County
The Ohio Department of Agriculture has widened a quarantine of ash trees in an effort to halt the spread of the Emerald Ash Borer
Franklin County Under Ash Tree Quarantine
Once thought to be eradicated in central Ohio, the Emerald Ash Borer has once again appeared in Franklin County.
Upper Arlington Officials Brace for Ash Borer
The Upper Arlington Tree Commission discussed a plan Tuesday to fight the Emerald Ash Borer that’s killing thousands upon thousands of Ash trees in parts of the upper Midwest and Canada. Part of that plan is to go ahead and begin removal of some of the Ash trees even though the closest insect is 15 miles away.
Toledo ‘Not Abandoned’ in Ash Borer War
The State of Ohio continues to wage war on the Emerald Ash Borer – a tiny insect that’s caused the destruction of millions of Ash trees in the Great Lakes region. But a spokeswoman for the state agriculture department disputes a report that says eradication in the heavily infested Toledo area has been abandoned for lack of money.
