Conceal Transcript Present Transcript
THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A BIT. JIM. THANK YOU, SEAN. THE EMERALD ASH BORER IS STILL AN ISSUE IN NEBRASKA AND EXPERTS SAY WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW TO MANAGE THE PEST. YEAH, ACCORDING TO THE NEBRASKA EXTENSION OFFICE, THE SUMMER IS WHEN YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DAMAGE THEY DO TO TREES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S JONAH GILMORE IS LIVE WITH TIPS FROM THE EXPERTS. HEY, GOOD MORNING, JACK. MELISSA. THE NEBRASKA EXTENSION SAYS ANY TREE THAT GETS INFESTED WITH EMERALD ASH BORER WILL DIE. JODI GREEN IS THE EXTENSION’S ENTOMOLOGIST SERVING BOTH DOUGLAS AND SARPY COUNTIES. SHE SAYS EAB ONLY AFFECTS ASH TREES, FEEDING UNDER A TREE’S BARK AND IT’S DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. SHE SAYS SYMPTOMS OF EAB INCLUDE BRANCH DIEBACK, TOPPINGS AND WHOLE GALLERIES BEHIND FALLEN BARK. ONE THING SHE RECOMMENDS TREATING THE TREE. AND IF YOU COULD SIMPLY REPLACE IT. I WOULD SAY IT’S DEFINITELY A THREAT TO THE ECOSYSTEM BECAUSE WHEN TREES DIE, IT WILL AFFECT THE WILDLIFE. IT WILL AFFECT HOW MUCH SHADE YOU HAVE OR NOT IN THAT AREA. AND THAT MAY BRING IN OTHER PESTS OR MAY BRING IN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL AFFECT THAT LANDSCAPE. SHE SAYS THE TYPE OF TREATMENT FOR ASH TREES DEPENDS ON THE SIZE. NOW IF YOU ARE UNSURE IF YOU HAVE AN ASH TREE OR THIS ISSUE, SIOUX SAID, YOU CAN SIMPLY TAKE A LEAF, BRING IT DOWN HERE TO THE NEBRASKA EXTENSION OFFICE AND THEY CAN TEST IT FOR FREE. WE’RE LIVE IN OMAHA JONAH
Commercial Nebraska Extension warns about Emerald Ash Borer, affords tricks to deal with Ash timber Share Copy Hyperlink Copy
The Nebraska Extension workplace remains to be warning about Emerald Ash Borer also referred to as EAB, saying it stays a problem in Nebraska.Entomologist Jody Inexperienced mentioned they’ve been warning about EAB for years – and we have to begin desirous about how you can handle the pest.Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive pest and damaging wooden boring beetle and might be unfold by means of the motion of infested ash nursery inventory, ash firewood, and different ash materials.Signs embrace cover thinning and department dieback, often starting within the prime of the tree, sprouting from the bottom of the tree, bark splitting, zigzag tunnels below the bark, D-shaped exit holes 1/8-inch throughout and bark stripping from woodpecker exercise.”Should you see elements of a tree which might be rising out of the trunk or bizarre locations, that is often the signal that there is one thing mistaken with the tree. It isn’t very wholesome and the cover that is often lined in leaves could also be patchy. We solely see that in the summertime instances. Within the winter all of the leaves are gone so we will not inform,” Inexperienced mentioned.She recommends getting these timber handled and mentioned therapies needs to be thought-about usually provided that EAB has been detected inside 15 miles of your location and if the timber are in good well being and in a great location within the panorama. In case your tree has EAB-like signs, resembling cover thinning, department dieback or D-shaped exit holes, have a licensed arborist study the tree.She mentioned it is best to get it handled ahead of later, as they will turn into a significant downside.”I might say it is positively a risk to the ecosystem as a result of when timber die it’s going to have an effect on the wildlife, it’s going to have an effect on how a lot shade you may have or not in that space. That will usher in different pests. It’ll have an effect on that panorama,” Inexperienced mentioned.