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New pest could affect millions of ND trees DEVILS LAKE, ND (NDPR) - There are nearly 47 million ash trees in the woodlands and forests in North Dakota - and the ash is the most common tree in the state's 55 thousand miles of shelterbelts. But those trees are now facing a devastating threat in the form of a tree pest, the emerald ash borer.

Prairie Public's Danielle Webster has the story. © Copyright 2009, NDPR