ash borer beetle

Saturday, November 11, 2006

There is only one guarantee I can offer. If we do nothing to try to thwart the emerald ash borer beetle it will continue to infest our ash trees until there are none left. The cost to the State of Illinois will be billions of dollars. The cost to Illinois home owners will be billions of dollars. The cost to golf courses will be billions of dollars. Then the EAB will continue north to Wisconsin, west to Iowa, south to Missouri and Kentucky.

Our government tells us the only action we can take is quarantine an area of infestation and cut down all the ash trees within ½ mile. We are allowing a beetle smaller than a dime to beat us. I propose to try something new and I am ignored. This technology has been used against other insects and beetles in the pacific northwest SUCCESSFULLY. If the technology does not work on ash trees only a few dollars will be lost, but if the emerald ash borer beetle cannot find food and lodging it will die and we will save millions of ash trees. The USDA and the IDA have blinders on, they can only find reasons not to listen.

The private sector will lose the most. In the end “we the people” will foot the bill.

1 Comments:

  • Have you called the Universities? It appears MSU is leading the charge. I read Secret of the Soil by Bird as you suggested. This stuff has been around for a while. It sounds like something the chemical companies are not happy about. Keep it up...Larry

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:44 AM  

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