“Once you find this tree that’s infested, you know it’s there so the uncertainty is over,”

said Bill McNee from the Department of Natural Resources.   Last week crews in Green Bay started searching for signs of Emerald Ash Borer larvae galleries in the wood of 8 ash trees.  Earlier this year, there were also emerald ash borer traps hung throughout the state of Wisconsin to search for signs of the invasive insect pest.   Emerald Ash Borer was first found in Michigan in 2002 and has since spread throughout the Midwest killing tens of millions of ash trees.  Green Bay homeowners are now expressing concern about losing ash trees in the their neighborhoods.  

For me, it’s very important to have my trees,” said Julie Lobajeski-Berg.

The good news is, trees don’t have the be removed and replaced.  Milwaukee and Chicago have committed to protecting over 100,000 urban ash trees using Arborjet.  Arborjet chemical treatments are injected directly into the vascular system of the trees.

Cities using Arborjet are:

• Saving ash trees
• Saving money
• Using environmentally responsible treatments
• Using the most effective EAB treatment (proven by multiple Universities)

Chicago and Milwaukee are using Arborjet to treat over 100,000 ash trees.

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