County's ash trees at risk again: Short on funding, officials unsure how to stop spread of latest ash borer outbreak.

From: The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) | Date: July 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Ryan Loew and Amanda Kawalek

Jul. 7--The emerald ash borer is back in Columbus, and without the funds to fight it, the voracious insect will turn the area into what one expert called an "unchecked buffet." The Ohio Department of Agriculture announced yesterday that the borer, which has killed millions of trees in Canada and Ohio, Indiana and Michigan, has been discovered in Blendon Township for the second time in two years. Agriculture officials said last year that they eradicated the insect in Franklin County. But that's when the state had federal funds to throw ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

Ash trees face ax in Wilmette: Village will replace 2,900 on public land to foil ash borer.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) ; ...ravenous emerald ash borer beetle to be, last...began cutting down ash trees--some sick but most...cut down healthy ash trees, Goetsch said. Each...the long-term, the ash borer could become a public...residents to remove ash trees, Wilmette has ...
ASH BORER FOUND IN WISCONSIN.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) ; ...608-252-6131 The emerald ash borer, an invasive insect...destroyed millions of ash trees in Michigan and...estimated 737 million ash trees in our forests...substantial. The ash borer is a metallic green...started adjusting. Ash trees have been ...
Trees doomed in bid to stop pest: 2,800 will fall in Kane to thwart ash borer; North Shore is next.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) ; ...16--The towering ash trees survived years of...up more than 2,800 ash trees around the spot where the emerald ash borer first was found in...than 130 million ash trees. The ash borer is...decision because their ash trees still look healthy...
Town preps for ash borer onslaught
Newspaper article from: Glenview Announcements (IL) ; ...for the emerald ash borer to traverse the...estimated 4,000 ash trees on public rights-of...requirements when infested ash trees are involved. Those...know about the ash borer problem, and Glenview...replacing all the ash trees on Glenview's ...
Ash borer forces removal of hundreds of ash trees
Newspaper article from: Skokie Review (IL) ; ...removing about 225 ash trees scattered across...the emerald ash borer. Most of the...evidence of emerald ash borer infestation...life of healthy ash trees in Skokie. The...survey parkway ash trees and test for the emerald ash borer. They are ...
Tree nurseries fear ash borer's threat to business
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; ...dreaded emerald ash borer. That might prove...plan to clear cut ash trees in the potentially...demand remains for ash trees, but it is diminished...Michigan, where the ash borer has been found and...rebound in the wake of ash borer proved to be ...
GIRDING FOR WAR WITH THE ASH BORER THE INSECT HAS NO NATURAL PREDATORS, BUT EXPERTS HOPE TO COME UP WITH SOME OR WITH A PESTICIDE THAT WORKS.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) ; ...way to control the ash borer. The news from the...are 740 million ash trees in Wisconsin. Most...is from, native ash trees have co-evolved along with the ash borer and, through the...directions to an ash borer infestation in Indiana...residential street ...
Ash borer fight is costly: Towns budgeting millions to replace their infested trees.
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) ; ...as May 1. The ash borer, a native of Asia...about 20 million ash trees in Michigan, Ohio...from taking the ash borer out of the county as well as ash trees of any size, ash...wood chips from ash trees. After the ash borer was found on ...
Insecticides shown to be effective weapons against the ash borer.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service ; ...combat the emerald ash borer in landscape ash trees. Tests at several...European and Asian ash trees to those from...survive an emerald ash borer infestation for...Since the emerald ash borer's identification...concentrated. No ash trees or ...
YOUR OPINIONS; SUNDAY SYMPOSIUM; Emerald ash borer
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; ...10 article on the ash borer and the lack of...eradication by cutting ash trees in neighboring states...with the emerald ash borer. The article referenced...success saving its ash trees by injecting pesticides...until July 2005. The ash borer forced the ...

Find more facts and information related to the article "County's ash trees at risk again: Short on ..."