When 86-year-old Jeanne Somers contacted Public Investigator in November about an emerald ash borer infestation in her neighbor's yard, a 70-foot dead ash tree had just fallen across her driveway. She ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – When the emerald ash borer was first found in Forest Grove in June 2022, the Oregon Department of Forestry and the Oregon Department of Agriculture took the discovery very ...

There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 million ...

The emerald ash borer, a small green beetle native to Asia, has been damaging ash trees in the Kansas City area for over a decade. Dr. James E. Zablotny, USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture A tiny ...

Two new pests in the Willamette Valley could decimate trees and worsen the ‘urban heat island’ effect that makes some neighborhoods hotter than others For years, Portland area politicians have ...

In 2009, an invasive tree pest was discovered on an ash tree in St. Paul. This past fall, 15 years later, the city cut down its last ash tree. While St. Paul and other more populated cities have been ...

The insect threatens the health and survival of the black ash tree. In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash ...

TOWN OF ERIN -- The thousands of ash trees killed by the emerald ash borer across southern and central Wisconsin have not only become an eyesore, the trees that are still standing have become ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Hikers, property owners and others who frequent natural areas this fall have the opportunity to help restore a vanishing native tree species. The great die-off of millions of ash trees ...

MOORHEAD — The emerald ash borer has reached Moorhead. This wood boring insect, native to Asia, has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees throughout 36 states since it was first discovered in the U ...