Wasps helping slow spread of emerald ash borer in Minnesota
Small wasps target the emerald ash borer at various stages of its life cycle without harming other species.
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Small wasps target the emerald ash borer at various stages of its life cycle without harming other species.
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed emerald ash borer has spread to three new locations in Minnesota, including in Aitkin County for the first time.
The emerald ash borer has been found in a southwestern Minnesota county for the first time.
The project is estimated to cost Maple Grove about $200,000 to $250,000. A treatment for an ash tree in your yard will likely run you a couple hundred bucks depending on the size.
Among the signs that your trees have been infested with emerald ash borer: pay attention to the bark. If it looks like, where the bark should be, it's exposed, that's usually a sign of an infestation. Also if you see small holes drilled into the tree would be another sign.
The University of Minnesota on Wednesday announced a possible path forward in controlling the invasive species emerald ash borer (EAB).
Minnesota communities across the state are receiving funds from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to combat an invasive beetle that's killing ash trees.
Agriculture officials say the invasive species emerald ash borer (EAB) has been discovered in southern Minnesota's Rice County.
Only infected trees will be removed. The trees are already dead or dying.
For the first time, emerald ash borer has been discovered in southern Minnesota's Steele County.
Minnesota agriculture officials are placing Nobles County under emergency quarantine after emerald ash borers were discovered in Worthington.
City officials in Minnetonka say that trees along the southeastern border of the city are infested with emerald ash borer.
Minnesota agriculture officials placed Stearns County under an emergency quarantine to limit movement of firewood and ash material after emerald ash borer (EAB) was discovered within the county.
Another reason the cold is good for the lakes is that it helps preserve the ice by giving balance to our warmer winter days.
The Minnesota DNR has new firewood laws for campers and people planning to visit state parks this summer.
Five prominent species of ash tree in the eastern U.S. have been driven to the brink of extinction from years of lethal attack by a beetle, a scientific group says.
Brooklyn Park city officials and the Minnesota DNR have confirmed that at least one tree in the city has emerald ash borer.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is worried that an insect could lead to a tree shortage throughout the city.
State agriculture officials are recommending an expansion of a proposed emerald ash borer quarantine in northeastern Minnesota.
State agriculture officials say a second infestation of emerald ash borer has been discovered in Duluth.
State officials say they've made the first discovery of emerald ash borer in northern Minnesota — an infestation in Duluth. Minnesota Department of Agriculture staffers found larvae of the destructive tree pest in ash trees on Park Point. Entomologist Mark Abrahamson says the area has been a focus ever since the discovery of EAB just across the border in Superior, Wisconsin, in August 2013.
Washington County has become the 11th Minnesota county to confirm the presence of the emerald ash borer. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced Thursday that the invasive species was found in a survey trap at MnDOT's St. Croix Rest Area on Interstate 94.
The City of Plymouth and the Minnesota Department of Agriculture have confirmed the presence of Emerald Ash Borer in at last one tree within the city.
Emerald ash borer has spread to another Minnesota county. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture on Tuesday confirmed an emerald ash borer infestation in Scott County.
A hungry pest that's destroyed millions of trees could be spreading north in Minnesota.
