More ash borer news
still spreading, excerpt from th "Auburn Citizen" "What's new this year as opposed to when we first started, we had a quarantine area that was basically along Route 90," Ververs said. "Now, we h...
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westend wrote:
Yeah, Dutch Elm disease didn't stop at the State lines, either. Nor did Japanese beetles, Gypsy moths or any other foreign insect infestations.
As I'm sure dewey is aware (and should all Minnesotans), we have a lot to lose with EAB. I've heard estimates as high as 3-4 million trees. Slowing the spread by quarantine or any other practical means aids a slower decline and hopefully, we can replant against some of the loss.
AFAIC, we can just bromide every ship from an Asian port. I once unpacked a dining room table from Thailand for a customer. My efforts there stopped when I discovered a spider as big as my hand living under the top.
Yes, Minnesota has more ash trees than any other state.
We have a lot to lose, especially with the black ash, which grows in wetter conditions. Once those trees die off, they quit pumping water, the water table can rise making the area unsuitable for most other trees to germinate and take hold. In the future, we may have a lot of brush stands where we now have black ash trees.
