WI DNR & Emerald Ash Borer.......

[Wife'nHubby]

Well, the DNR has just released their own version of biological warfare against the emerald ash borer: It's bug vs. bug in latest attempt to save ash trees - JSOnline

Shari

 

[ray benson]

Wasps released in Minnesota.
Emerald Ash Borer-Killing Wasps Released in St. Paul

 

[ray benson]

And wasps released in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania battles emerald ash borer by releasing miniature wasps | PennLive.com

 

[Biker Dude]

You all may have wasps but we have a mobile billboard campaign!

Lest you assume that or own DNR idiots paid for this, the small print an the bottom right of the billboard says paid for by the USDA. The truck has Florida license plates and is driving around Wisconsin being paid to waste Diesel fuel for an ad campaign. It was so unbelievably ridiculous I had to take a couple shots of it.

 

[adseegs]

I live in Ma and I've seen those billboards in 4 different states in new england. Unfortunately they use the same people on all the billboards. Have yet to see a mobile one though. Maybe it's a hybrid. I hear those make trees grow faster and help bring back endangered species.

 

[wendell]

Didn't they try all of this already in MI?

 

[Wife'nHubby]

Didn't they try all of this already in MI?

Wendell,

Apparently they have done this in MI but I haven't read any feed back if it is working or not.

Shari

 

[wendell]

Well, since they have no ash trees left, I would guess the answer is no. :msp_sad:

 

[dingeryote]

Didn't they try all of this already in MI?

Jury is still out on the predatory wasps.

The public info campaign was a flop and the Citiots are still hauling firewood from Detroit to the U.P. and all over the place.

Too little, too late.

Brown Marmorayed stink bug and spotted wing drosophelia are the latest, and just like with the EAB, the USDA and our MDA is doing little to nothing, and the invasives are still coming into the country...lest we offend Wal-Mart.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[wendell]

Well, maybe there is a little hope. And since Madison has well over 200,000 Ash trees, that would be a very good thing. I don't need that much firewood.

 

[dingeryote]

If the EAB can be stopped before wiping out 1/3 of what they did here, it would be worth double what has been spent so far.

So little has been done, it's really ridiculous.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[nrford]

Well, since they have no ash trees left, I would guess the answer is no. :msp_sad:

We have lots of ash left here, alot is gone too, and they probably all will be about 2020!

 

[John R]

Last time the DNR (destruction of natural resources) tried to wipe out a species they made it worse.

 

[Circle B MN]

That little green bug is a sissy compared to what's coming next....

Asian Longhorn Beetle....

 

[K5krawler]

Very Bad in PA

This is how bad it is at my house. I love the ash trees too...

Stump of one of many infected trees. Notice how the bark is gone.

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

Well, maybe there is a little hope. And since Madison has well over 200,000 Ash trees, that would be a very good thing. I don't need that much firewood.

Yeah - Our street is lined completely with Ash. My neighbor who I share a driveway with has an ash thats at LEAST 5' DBH and probably 70(?) feet tall (I'm not good at heights but it's twice the hight of our house).

If that thing goes, I'm into a LOT of firewood as they don't burn.