EVIL GREEN MENACE INDIANA ASH TREES ARE UNDER ATTACK

From: Evansville Courier & Press | Date: April 17, 2006| Author: BYRON ROHRIG, Courier & Press staff writer 464-7426 or blrohrig@evansville.net | Copyright information

The tree of life is under a sentence of death.

In five years, the ash tree, making up 7 percent of the trees in Evansville, is expected to be under lethal attack by the emerald ash borer. Maybe sooner. There's even a chance the borer is here now.

Almost without question, what tree experts call "the evil, green menace" will move through the Tri-State unabated, decimating ash trees in its path. Not just some will die. Virtually all will die.

Shawn Dickerson, director of the ...

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