EMERALD ASH BORER MADISON, WIS. (AP) (wgvu) - FEDERAL EXPERTS SAY AN EXOTIC BEETLE THAT
DESTROYS ASH TREES COULD SPREAD FROM THE GREAT LAKES STATES ACROSS
THE EAST-CENTRAL UNITED STATES WITHIN THE NEXT TWO DECADES.
THE EMERALD ASH BORER ALREADY HAS INFESTED TREES IN MORE THAN
12-HUNDRED COMMUNITIES IN MICHIGAN, INDIANA, ILLINOIS AND OHIO.
THE WISCONSIN SENATE HELD A HEARING ON THE ASH BORER TODAY.
A U-S AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT EXPERT TESTIFIED THAT THE BEETLE
COULD INFEST 12-THOUSAND MUNICIPALITIES FROM MINNESOTA TO NORTH
CAROLINA BY 2027 UNLESS IT'S STOPPED.
SO FAR, WISCONSIN REMAINS BEETLE-FREE, AND THE STATE HAS BEEN
TESTING FOR THE INSECT.

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ON THE NET:
MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ASH BORER INFORMATION:
HTTP://WWW.MICHIGAN.GOV/EAB

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