Protecting native ash trees from pest that can strip them bare

Scientists will spend the next three years looking at the best, environmentally-friendly, ways to deal with the pest.

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

Emerald ash borers first arrived in Middle Tennessee in 2014 and have spread to at least 66 counties, authorities say.

City administration updating council on dealing with emerald ash borer infestation

The City of Thunder Bay will be focussing more on removing ash trees in the coming years, as it continues to grapple with an ...

Three of a deadly kind threatening pine, beech, ash trees in MA

The emerald ash borer's larvae attack trees from within. Beech leaf disease from nematodes attack beech trees; Various fungal ...

Invasive emerald ash borer threatens trees across Oklahoma

An invasive beetle is creating a threat to a tree that could be in your backyard.

Invasive Beetle That Has Killed Hundreds of Millions of Ash Trees Is Now Spreading Into New U.S. Regions

We have to be aware of "Tree Blindness" — the human tendency to overlook trees until they are gone.”— Kenny Anderson ...
Chicago Tribune

Moran: Ash trees rise from the dead — but not necessarily from their death sentence

Dan Moran/News-Sun New sprouts rise around the stump of a Lake County ash tree that was cut down after being infested by an emerald ash borer, an invasive species that has taken out millions of North ...
mlive

Bay County to treat 905 ash trees to combat invasive beetle threat

The Forest Sustainability Program will inject insecticide into ash trees in Auburn, Bay City, Essexville, and several ...

Invasive beetle threatens ash trees in three Texoma counties

An invasive wood-boring beetle responsible for the deaths of hundreds of millions of ash trees across North America has been ...
Inverse

This parasitic insect could save millions of trees

The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) is a deceptively attractive metallic-green adult beetle with a red abdomen. But few people ever actually see the insect itself — just the trail of ...
Kansas City Star

A tiny green beetle is killing KC trees. How cities are fighting back, what you can do

The emerald ash borer, a small green beetle native to Asia, has been damaging ash trees in the Kansas City area for over a decade. Dr. James E. Zablotny, USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture A tiny ...
Chicago Tribune

In the past 10 years, millions more ash trees have died, and the invasive buckthorn now makes up 36% of the Chicago region’s trees, census shows

When Shirley Rounds Davis moved to her home on the Far South Side decades ago, she could see a maple tree through the window. Over the years, she watched it grow. “And the birds would come,” Davis ...