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Follow on Google News | Illinois General Assembly Directs Towns To Reevaluate Their Emerald Ash Borer Management Plans• Invasive specie costing government unplanned millions. To avoid costs, trees can be treated from the time they bud out in the spring until they lose leaves in the fall.
By: Save Your Ash Coalition www.saveyourash.org “In Illinois, local government approaches for dealing with this environmental disaster span a wide range of costs and actions,” commented State Senator Mike Frerichs. “In northeastern Illinois emerald ash borer management now competes with funding for patrolman and school books. Scientists have found that we can slow the loss of our urban forests through treatment which allows us to avoid the financial tsunami of letting our trees expire.” Ash trees compose approximately 20% of urban trees, which accounts for more than 4 million trees in northeastern Illinois. The Illinois Department of Agriculture has stated that every ash tree will be infested with the emerald ash borer within a few years, and if not treated with an insecticide, every tree will die a few years after infestation. The cost is expected to run into the billions. Emerald ash borer infestation is in full bloom throughout the Chicago area and it affects many other areas of the state as far south as Decatur and Bloomington and as far west as Quincy. “We applaud Senator Frerichs and the Illinois General Assembly for passing this resolution,” The resolution passed by the Illinois general assembly requests that municipalities evaluate different alternatives. The Society of Municipal Arborists recommends that local governments adopt an integrated plan that allows for the removal of undesirable ash trees along with the preservation of desirable ash trees. Undesirable ash trees include those that are damaged or sickly, or in poor locations such as under power transmission lines. Preserving desirable ash trees sustains their beneficial effect on the local environment, which includes air purification and rain water storage, in addition to their aesthetic value. Trees can be treated from the time they bud out in the spring until they lose leaves in the fall. End
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