The emerald ash borer has been around for many years now and a lot of us have scrounged the dead/dying trees from it. First time ive seen one, albeit dead, in a log. Noticed the green while splitting some today.
I saw a bunch of weird looking larval crawlers on the last ash I split, but have not seen an embedded beetle.
I've only seen like 2 of the adults, both stuck in the wood. With all the eab killed ash around here, and all the ash I've been processing, it's a shock that I've only seen 2 of them, and never a living one.
Not good to hear. I just finished with the last of the Ash trees on my property, between my place and my brother's 22 trees. Good news is one Blue Ash survived, they have some resistance, the white are totally gone.
I once tried to report and had to go through a state university. I received a reply (from a professor) and could hardly believe how it read which basically told me I could not have any live ash and didn't know what I was talking about. My reply to that was probably not taken kindly... So no more reports come from here.
Other than some young shrub sized saplings, I haven't seen a healthy Ash of significant size in a long time. With the exception of this tree I found back in June: I was hiking with my kids in an area of mostly old growth hemlocks and yellow birch. Of all the Ash that I saw there, everything was long dead, save for a couple stump sprouts here and there. I then found this Ash close to a stream, with a full healthy canopy. It was only a 6" diameter trunk but the tree was very tall, due to having to fight hard to reach the light at the top of the canopy. I added it to the TreeSnap database where they monitor and study threatened native trees. I'll keep an eye on this one, as it's in a location I hike several times a year anyway. I'm hoping it has a chance.
I have not. I did a quick search and the info I found said Blue Ash are resistant unless they're stressed.
