by Web Editor | Dec 8, 2014 | News, News/PR
A tiny pine beetle that has wiped out tens of millions of acres of forest in the western United States and Canada could be close to invading Minnesota’s majestic pines. Although the mountain pine beetle is about the size of a grain of sand, they have devoured 45...
by Web Editor | Sep 10, 2012 | News, News/PR
Dogs learning to sniff out emerald ash borers and ash wood are about to wrap up their Minnesota training, but they won’t immediately be put to work for lack of funding. “The training has gone better than we expected,” said Liz Erickson, Minnesota...
by Web Editor | May 9, 2012 | News, News/PR
Minnesota is enlisting dogs in the battle to prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture hopes trained sniffer dogs can become a new line of defense against the invasive pests, which threaten ash trees across the state and...
