FORESTRY NEWS: Keep your Emerald Ash Borer plans in play; pest used to cold air
A forest health expert says the ongoing frigid air hugging the state is not enough to wipe out the tree-killing pest known as the Emerald Ash Borer. It seems these guys have figured out how to take winter's cold shoulder.
Bill McNee of the Department of Natural Resources says experts predict that many EAB larvae will die, but the ash tree pest isn’t going away. Their native habitat in eastern Asia experiences cold winters and the pest is adapted to them.
“They are somewhat protected beneath the tree bark and many of them will survive the recent cold temperatures,” McNee says. “It will be a little warmer beneath the bark than the outdoor air temperature, and the wind chills do not affect them because they are sheltered.” READ MORE: