As the name suggests, it bores holes in Ash trees and eventually kills them. Experts say the infestation in Brookings likely got there by someone bringing in infested firewood. John Ball ...

emerald green insect belongs to a group of beetles known as metallic wood-borers (Fig. 1). Adults emerge from the trees they fed in primarily during June and July. Emergence produces one sure sign of ...

people can help slow its spread by limiting the movement of ash firewood and timber. Ash trees within 15 miles of a known infestation are considered at high risk of attack. Experts say ...

All of Iowa's 99 counties confirmed having the ash tree-killing insect, emerald ash borer, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported Thursday. As one of the most commonly planted street trees ...

29—How to help protect the brown ash tree used in Wabanaki basketry from the invasive emerald ash borer. — Cut, buy, or burn only local firewood to avoid carrying beetle-infested wood to new ...

Some words may be mispronounced. An invasive, wood-boring beetle that is deadly to ash trees has been officially spotted in all 99 Iowa counties. The emerald ash borer was first spotted in Eastern ...

He said in Lower Wood, plenty of ash were regenerating but there were also "a lot of dead and dying trees". But he believed the ash would "still be a significant component in the landscape ...

James E. Zablotny/USDA) The emerald ash borer, a non-native, wood boring insect that affects ash trees, has been detected in all Iowa counties, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An invasive wood-boring beetle is quickly spreading in Texas, thanks to human interactions. Emerald ash borers are an invasive species that bores into ash trees—whether it’s ...

Starting at the larval stage, the insect ruins the tree's ability to transport water and nutrients by tunneling through the wood beneath the bark of ash trees. As damage accumulates, the ash tree ...

Hoffman would be 93 years old by the time an ash seed planted now grows to the size that it could be pounded for basket wood, she said. He’s unlikely to live long enough to see mature trees ...