Emerald Ash Borer

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has expanded the ministerial order for the emerald ash borer in two areas of Ontario.

Many Ontario municipalities are spending large portions of their budgets dealing with the ash borer issue.

Is it truly the end for this versatile genus?

The second in a series of articles highlighting 29 urban tolerant trees as recommended alternatives to ash and Norway maple.

Estimates show that within the next three to five years, huge stands of ash trees will be dead from the emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation.

Throughout this summer, reports continue to show the emerald ash borer (EAB) is spreading its way across North America.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has invoked a ministerial order that empowers the agency to regulate the movement of all ash tree materials and all firewood from specific areas of Ontario and Quebec.

An indigenous nematode species, that apparently paralyzes and kills emerald ash borer (EAB) by injecting either a bacteria or a toxic substance, has been found in old outbreak sites in Ontario.

For years, we have tried to detect emerald ash borer (EAB). And for years, we have failed.

The emerald ash borer is quickly spreading throughout Ontario and Quebec.