City continues culling ash trees

City continues culling ash trees

In year 3 of a community forestry grant, the city of Cloquet continues its battle against emerald ash borer on several fronts. EAB is an invasive wood-boring beetle that feeds on ash trees and can kill a healthy tree in 2 to 5 years. On Monday, public works staff were cutting down infected ash trees in Veterans Park. Next to the trees was a healthy ash tree, previously injected with a chemical to...