The emerald ash borer has been taking out ash trees across much of the upper midwest and southern Ontario. The Beacon Journal’s Bob Downing reports that a coalition of scientists and resource managers says present policies in Ohio to contain the beetle, including quarantine and removal of all ash trees within a half mile of an infestation, won’t work and only hurt forests. Some 280,000 trees have been cut down in the state, he reports. Downing also writes that he obtained a copy of the group’s position paper and had to work from that as he could not reach anybody with the group to explain it further.
See also earlier posts: 6/26 NYTimes, plus: More News on the Emerald Ash Borer; 6/14 AP, Midwest Dailies: Tree-killing Emerald Ash Borer Reaches Illinois; 5/31 Chicago Tribune, etc: Asian Insect Hitting Midwest Trees;
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