The Emerald Ash Borer was discovered in Boulder in 2013. This small beetle, which burrows under the bark of ash trees disrupting the flow of nutrients and water, is predicted to cause a 25 percent ...
Numbers are mounting in surrounding states. Removals add hundreds of thousands as communities and forest owners seek to reduce losses, limit the numbers of beetles and limit the numbers of potential ...
Specifically, a chemical called mectinite is used to kill boring insects. First, holes are drilled around the base of the tree, then tubes (which are connected to a pressurized container of mectinite) ...
DETROW: All because of a small invasive bug, the emerald ash borer. Interlochen Public Radio's Points North podcast tells stories all about the Great Lakes region. In this excerpt, host and producer ...