Eab
It's not the latest comic book super villain that we're worried about, here in Northwest Ohio. No, it's a little green beetle that, since 2003, has been munching its way through our neighborhoods and Metroparks. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) feasts on our Ash trees, leaving us little choice but to spray a bright red stripe or "X" on the trunks of the mortally wounded flora.
The stark tattoo of removal.
"The irony of thousands of ash trees being cut down this Arbor Day marks a tragic chapter in the history of Metroparks," Jack Gallon, President of the Board of Park Commissions wrote in a letter to TCP, "One way we can channel our disappointment in a positive way is to urge our federal lawmakers to close the door to exotic species that arrive on American shores at the rate of one every eight months. The cost of prevention is small compared to the cost to our native plants and animals. Pearson Metropark is proof of what we stand to lose."
The EAB, an exotic Asian pest, was......
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