Environmental and Economic Impact
Cities such as Minneapolis, Minnesota have slightly more than 20% of their urban forest as ash. This is typical, as many cities have high ash populations because of their ability to tolerate urban stress and survive poor planting practices that plague urban cities today. The Minneapolis – Saint Paul metro area has between 2 and 2.5 million ash.
All towns and cities with significant ash populations will be eventually invaded by the Emerald ash borer and go through the EAB curve of death. How a town or a city prepares for this arrival is important. Having no plan will mean trees will die quickly. Dead ash trees will be everywhere, faster than expected. Dealing with this scenario carries a very high cost. However, having a planned management strategy will cost far less, spreading these costs out significantly longer. In addition, important ash trees will be alive for many years - for less expense than removal and replacement.
Read more about this topic: Emerald Ash Borer
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