Emerald Ash Borer

Here it is - the Emerald Ash borer.  Actually it is not this big, but this is a model brought by our speaker.

Donald Eggen presented us with all of the information about the emerald ash borer, which is threatening our ash trees, and will eventually kill them all, or almost all.

After his talk he took a bus ride around campus to see our ash trees and give us some insights as to how to decide which trees should be treated, which taken down and which left to die.  This one viewed from the bus, cannot be treated because of the double trunk.

There are ash trees near water which will affect our decisions on treatment.

There are ash trees near parking lots which provide needed shade.

There are ash trees in areas where they provide scenic attraction.
There will be difficult decisions ahead about our ash trees.

And they also looked at a sick sugar maple, which for the moment  could not be diagnosed.