Bay County to treat 800 trees infested with emerald ash borers

Alicia Wallace walks around the Breaker Cove condominium development inspecting ash trees for telltale signs of sickness: D-shaped holes in the bark and dead branches. Some of the trees are infested with the invasive emerald ash borer. This year, Bay County plans to treat the trees at Breaker Cove and other locations in a last-ditch effort to save them from destruction. For some, it’s already too late. “Ash trees are beautiful trees, but sometimes they are worth saving and sometimes they aren’t,” Wallace said. “It’s an ongoing battle — as long as there are ash trees there will be emerald ash borers.”

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