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Originally Posted by vid
The second most common tree in Winnipeg is ash, and emerald ash borer was found in that city last year. (It was found in Thunder Bay the year before). Winnipeg will lose probably half of its ash tree to is. Thunder Bay is spending millions to save its ash trees, Winnipeg will probably be spending tens of millions. There is no known resistance to the bugs, but the trees can be vaccinated to prevent the bugs from laying eggs in the trees.
Emerald ash borer has reached Denver so it will probably reach Calgary soon, it's spreading much faster than Dutch Elm Disease spread.
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apparently almost 11 tens of millions
Emerald ash borer to drill $105M hole in Winnipeg's budget over 10 years
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manito...osts-1.4508491
In a new report, Winnipeg's public works department warns city council of the financial costs the city expects to incur in order to deal with an insect that has the potential to kill all of the city's 357,000 ash trees, including 101,000 on city property alone.
Over 10 years, those costs include $22.5 million to remove 72,000 dead trees, $48 million to plant 65,000 new ones, and $19.5 million to protect 29,000 trees that stand a good chance of surviving the emerald ash borer, city forester Martha Barwinsky writes in the report to council's parks, protection and community services committee.
It will cost $15 million to manage the wood waste from the dead trees, she notes.