Folks-this is a game changer for many metro Kansas City neighborhoods with mature
Ash trees. Preventative treatments will be crucial for controlling rapid spread.
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| The destructive Emerald Ash Borer |
A Little Background Info on Emerald Ash Borer-
Thought to have arrived in the USA from China, EAB hitched a ride in
packing materials or crates. First discovered in 2002 in Detroit Michigan,
Emerald Ash Borer has devastated Ash trees in 18 states, with losses of over
30 Million ash trees and growing.
The discovery of The Emerald Ash Borer, early in the Summer of 2012, was in Parkville, Mo.
A fellow Certified Arborist- Brett Cleveland, noticed suspicious symptoms on a dead Ash tree and
alerted State and Federal authorities. They confirmed it was Emerald Ash Borer.
Fast forward a few months and officials with the Kansas Dept. of Agriculture found
Emerald Ash Borer in Wyandotte County, Kansas, the first confirmed find in Kansas.
The disturbing news is slowly coming out. It takes time for beetle populations to build and for
enough beetles to reproduce to damage and kill Ash trees. It is believed the beetles in Parkville
have been there for a few years when they were found. More disturbing is there were Ash trees removed prior to the initial find. The wood from these trees disappeared and is believed to have been cut and sold
as firewood!!!! This wood and beetle larvae contained within could be anywhere.
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| Larvae feeding galleries under bark of dead Ash |
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| D-shaped exit holes of EAB- very distinct |
If there is any GOOD NEWS about this , this is it:
Since the original devastating loss of Ash trees in Michigan, there has been
intense research on chemical treatments to control emerald ash borer.
The most honest, professional information to date can be downloaded at:
www.emeraldashborer.info/
The most successful treatments have been documented with a chemical called Tree-Age.
Injected directly into the tree, it offers 2 years of control at a 99.9% success rate.
Tree-Age has been used in areas with heavy beetle pressure and no trees were lost.
For more information on the chemical and injection process, go to:
Arborists at my company, VanBooven Tree Care, will begin injecting Ash trees in the Spring of 2013.
We will only be using Tree-Age for control of EAB.
Please be careful who you hire to treat your trees, particularly for EAB control.
There are many chemicals and treatment methods that will not control this beetle.
There are also chemicals that break down rapidly inside the tree and ground drench treatments
may not work on larger trees. If you have Ash trees and they hold significant value to you and your
property, insist on hiring Kansas Certified /ISA Certified Arborists.
This is not a particular plug, more of a" Caveat emptor".(let the buyer beware)
Here are some more sites with good, honest and up to date information-
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me at brad@vanbooventree.com
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