 "The Capital Times (Madison, WI)")
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UW FELLS ASH TREES TO WARD OFF BEETLE.(METRO)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Anita Weier The Capital Times Ash trees are on their way out on the UW-Madison campus. Fear of the aggressive, wood-eating emerald ash borer has led university officials to order the gradual removal of most ash trees, which are known for their straight trunk, diamond-shaped bark, compound
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Scientists race to stop Asian beetles from killing ash trees
Chicago Sun-Times
; DELAWARE, Ohio -- The wasps listen for sounds of their prey, then drill through bark to reach them. Either they paralyze the juvenile victim and glue eggs to its back, or pierce it to lay the eggs inside. When the eggs hatch, the wormy wasp young munch away at leisure. The target is the larvae of
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 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Bartlett cans the ash tree Town fears an epidemic of the destructive ash borer bug.(News)
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
; Byline: Fernando Diaz Daily Herald Staff Writer The emerald ash borer is a beautiful little bug whose spread must be prevented and ruthlessly suppressed, Bartlett arborist Keith Johnson says. That's why, starting this spring, Bartlett no longer will plant ash trees. Officials are bracing for the
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 "Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)")
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County's ash trees at risk again: Short on funding, officials unsure how to stop spread of latest ash borer outbreak.
Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)
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Fight is on to save ash trees.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ... global positioning computers, satellite maps, dog-repellant sprays and granola bars ... crew meets in Brighton at 8 a.m. and gets maps showing where they will be searching that ... finished sooner. After lunch, they get new maps and enter a new area of woods. By 3:30 ...
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 "Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)")
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Fight is on to save ash trees.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI)
; ... global positioning computers, satellite maps, dog-repellant sprays and granola bars ... crew meets in Brighton at 8 a.m. and gets maps showing where they will be searching that ... finished sooner. After lunch, they get new maps and enter a new area of woods. By 3:30 ...
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Md. sets traps for ash tree pest
Charleston Gazette
; ... least keep it from spreading, so we hope we don't find any in these traps," Agriculture Secretary Roger L. Richardson said in a news release. Workers are setting the traps along travel routes and in campgrounds like the one in Rocky Gap State Park where Moessinger ...
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 "Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)")
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Pests may make Ohio ash trees a dying breed: Lack of federal funds is hampering eradication efforts in the northwest part of state, officials say.
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH)
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Tree-killing ash borer found near Piqua State imposes a quarantine on ash tree materials and firewood in Miami County; beetle also found in Wyandot.
Dayton Daily News
; ... Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lorain, Lucas, Miami, Sandusky, Ottawa, Williams, Wood and Wyandot. Infestation maps by state and county, quarantine information and emerald ash borer facts www.ohioagriculture.gov/eab, or call (888) OHIO-EAB
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Detroit Foresters Turn Felled Ash Trees into Lumber Used in Parks, Pews.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
; By Marty Hair, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jul. 16--It has been impossible to find anything positive in the sad situation ... c) 2003, Detroit Free Press. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News.
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