Purdue University

Ash Trees have Disappeared. What is Taking Their Place?

Walk through many forests in Indiana today, and you might not notice what is missing until you look up. Ash trees, once a common part of these woodlands, have rapidly disappeared due to the invasive ...
Purdue University

Revisiting Ash Tree Protection, Purdue Landscape Report

Purdue Landscape Report: Recently, there has been an uptick in questions related to one of Indiana’s most notorious invasive pests: the emerald ash borer. Homeowners, businesses, even professionals ...
wbng

Cornell works to develop ash trees resistant to emerald ash borer

ITHACA, N.Y. (WBNG) -- Cornell University is developing a new variety of ash tree that could be resistant to a particularly destructive pest. The university is the first propagation center in the ...
Indiana Daily Student

Bloomington gets $50k grant to protect ash trees

Bloomington’s Parks and Recreation Department was awarded a $50,000 State Urban Forest Resilience grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources Feb. 19 to manage the impact of invasive ...
Connecticut Post

Ash trees victims of emerald ash borer damage

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is an invasive, wood-boring beetle. The adult beetles nibble on ash foliage but cause little damage. The larvae (the immature stage) feed on the inner bark ...
inforum

For treated trees, emerald ash borer isn't a death sentence

ST. CLOUD — Shawn Sweeney likes to think of himself as a "tree doctor," and he cares for all his little (or not so little) "tree children." It's an informal way of describing his latest passion.
AZ Animals

How to Spot the Emerald Ash Borer Before It Kills Your Trees

Woodpeckers like to eat emerald ash borer larvae. You may notice an increase in woodpeckers peeling off the outermost layers ...
WEAU

Avoid Ash Trees When Placing Deer Stands

MADISON, Wis. (WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES PRESS RELEASE) - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) reminds hunters to avoid placing deer stands in or near ash trees as they ...
Tennessean

This insect has killed ash trees across the U.S., and it's in Tennessee

More than 271 million ash trees in Tennessee are at risk of being destroyed by emerald ash borers, an insect that arrived in Middle Tennessee in 2014, according to Nashville's Cheekwood Estate and ...
OPB

Some Portland neighborhoods’ tree-lined streets may suffer more than others from emerald ash borer

About 95,000 ash trees live in Portland, and most of them could become infected and die in the next few years with the recent arrival of the emerald ash borer, an invasive, tree-killing pest that’s ...
Kennebec Journal

Ash trees removed at Gardiner library over infestation concerns

Two stately ash trees that have long adorned Gardiner Public Library’s garden and Water Street were cut down Thursday out of fear they could threaten public safety. The removal was a precautionary ...