Emerald Ash Borer

Thirty-five Minnesota communities received, combined, $2.4 million in state grants to protect urban forests, the state’s Department of Natural Resources announced Friday.

Southeast Minnesota has been hit hard by the destructive insect.

Nobody really likes an extended bout of below zero temperatures in Minnesota, but it could result in good news for ash trees-- because it might have been BAD news for those invasive emerald ash borers this year.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has placed Stearns County under quarantine after emerald ash borer was found in Sauk Centre.

There may be a change in Rochester's ongoing battle against the emerald ash borer, the insect that is killing millions of ash trees around the country.

This morning parts of our region saw -40 or colder temps, and that's bad news for the survival of asian beetles, stink bugs, and the invasive Emerald Ash Borer.

We've all been concerned about the ash trees in the area and the infiltration of the emerald ash borer. The city and area arborists are treating ash trees to keep the pesky insect from destroying them. The question is what chemical is being used...

That was the word this morning from Ellen Pesek, the Forestry Coordinator for the city of Rochester. On KROC AM this morning, she said the emerald ash borer has been spreading much faster than they originally thought, and if you want to keep your ash tree, plan on having it treated or cut it down because otherwise it will die...

Red Wing, MN (KROC-AM News) - Almost the entire southeast corner of Minnesota is now under an Emerald Ash Borer quarantine.

St. Charles, MN (KROC-AM News) - A group of students from the Plainview-Elgin-Millville Junior High School uncovered an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer during a recent field trip to Whitewater State Park.

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — State agriculture officials say a second infestation of emerald ash borer has been discovered in Duluth.

St Paul, MN (KROC AM News) - Dodge County has joined the list of counties in southeast Minnesota to be affected by the emerald ash borer.

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