E : the Environmental Magazine, November 1st, 2004
For years the killer stalked Detroit and its suburbs undetected. Now it has unleashed an epidemic that will kill millions. The killer is an insect, the emerald ash borer, and the victims are ash trees. "The emerald ash borer, without question, is one of the most challenging and difficult plant pests that any state has ever had to deal with" says Sara Linsmeier-Wurfel, a spokesperson for the Michigan Department of Agriculture. "With 700 million ash trees just here in Michigan, we have a lot at stake." The ash borer is believed to have arrived in Detroit five years ago in wood packing material...
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