USDA To Ash Borer: We Surrender! Well…

Maybe not completely surrendering, but definitely changing tactics for the time being, the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) recently announced it would no longer regulate the movement of ash trees or emerald ash borer-infested wood. Initially found in the...

Fatal Attraction: Emerald Ash Borer Meets Its Match

A female beetle decoy may soon rid the United States of the destructive emerald ash borer. An international team of researchers has developed a decoy female ash borer that attracts, then electrocutes the male beetles as they land on it to mate. The results of the...

Concerns Grow For Ash Trees As Pest Nears Midlands

An insect that has the potential to kill millions of trees in Nebraska and southwest Iowa has been found north of Kansas City, Mo., bringing into sharp relief an imminent threat to the region’s canopy. Scientists have confirmed that a dead ash tree in a...