Ohio’s Lucas County asks for dead ash tree funding
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Emerald ash borers (EAB) are suspected to have arrived in the U.S. about 30 years ago in shipping containers that originated in China. Their presence was first officially detected in the Detroit/Windsor area in 2002 after officials inspecting dying ash trees identified the cause.
The insects crossed into Ohio’s adjacent Lucas County in 2023, making Ohio the second state with an infestation before continuing their spread that, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS), has now reached 37 U.S. states and six Canadian provinces.
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