Ash Borer Infestation

Emerald Ash Borer
David Joles / Star Tribune / Zumapress

Devastated Neighborhood
Forty trees in this St. Paul, Minn., neighborhood were felled in 2009. The emerald ash borer was first discovered in Detroit in 2002.

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