When 86-year-old Jeanne Somers contacted Public Investigator in November about an emerald ash borer infestation in her neighbor's yard, a 70-foot dead ash tree had just fallen across her driveway. She ...
The destructive Emerald Ash Borer beetle has been increasing its range in the U.S. for decades. After being found near Forest Grove in 2022, it’s been confirmed in five Oregon counties, as of ...
… but our independent journalism isn’t free to produce. Help us keep it this way with a tax-deductible donation today. In 2009, an invasive tree pest was discovered on an ash tree in St. Paul. This ...
The insect threatens the health and survival of the black ash tree. In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash ...
There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 million ...
A tiny beetle known for decimating ash trees throughout North America and Europe has been discovered for the first time in Portland and has spread to new sites in several other counties where the ...
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 ...
Winter isn’t the ideal season for pruning trees in Upstate New York, but it’s the best time to cut scion or twigs from ash trees in parts of the state where the species has been all but wiped out.
A Cornell and Nature Conservancy 'Trees in Peril' conservation project is propagating ash trees resistant to emerald ash borer. If successful, the long-term project looks to reintroduce resistant ...