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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 ...
Yahoo

Ash Tree Apocalypse: The Beetle Killing our Urban Forests

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) was first identified as an invasive species in the US in 2002. It is now found in over ...
PBS

Saving Ash Trees, One Tree at a Time

Evie has an ash tree in her yard that she’s hoping to save from the emerald ash borer. Evie has an ash tree in her yard that she’s hoping to save from the emerald ash borer. A Certified Arborist from ...
New Hampshire Public Radio

Checking in on the effort to save ash trees in New England and beyond

There's hope against an invasive Asian beetle that has been killing ash trees in North America since the turn of the century, according to a New England-based entomologist. Juli Gould, a native of ...
WUNC

Mohawk people fight to save their ash trees — and with them, their tradition

The emerald ash borer is an invasive pest that's killing ash trees across North America, and it's threatening the practice of basketmaking for Indigenous tribes that rely on the wood. North Country ...
Mankato Free Press

Ask Us: Wood from ash trees should be disposed of — or burned — before spring

Q: What becomes of the wood created by the city removing ash trees? Does the emerald ash borer die when the tree is cut? Is it safe to use as firewood? If it is moved does the live bug have the ...
VTDigger

As Vermont loses its ash trees, towns race to stop the beetle that’s the culprit

Arborist Greg Ranallo and one of the ash trees he has recently treated against the emerald ash borer in Shelburne on Friday, July 19. Ranallo favors treating the trees to curb the spread of the ...
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 ...
inforum

How to identify an ash tree

Did you hear what happened to the wooden car with wooden wheels and a wooden engine? It wooden go. Wood, at least from ash trees, is in excess supply since emerald ash borers have killed hundreds of ...
Portland Press Herald

Wabanaki tribes, scientists take drastic steps to save ash trees from invasive beetles

An error has occurred. Please try again. With a The Portland Press Herald subscription, you can gift 5 articles each month. It looks like you do not have any active ...
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Ash Tree Apocalypse: The Beetle Killing our Urban Forests

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) was first identified as an invasive species in the US in 2002. It is now found in over 30 states. These invasive beetles kill ash trees in just a few short ...