Final ash trees coming down in La Crosse
La Crosse's final ash trees are coming down.
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La Crosse's final ash trees are coming down.
Friday was Arbor Day, and La Crosse city officials celebrated with a tree planting.
The city of La Crosse is continuing its fight against a destructive pest.
Losey Boulevard was closed for most of the day while crews cut down ash trees alongside the road to stop the spread of the invasive Emerald Ash Borer beetle.
Members of the Coulee Partners for Sustainability, Livable Neighborhoods, and city officials gathered Friday morning to announce the "Trees for the Coulee Region" campaign.
Many of La Crosse's streets are looking a whole lot more bare. The city has cut down 2500 trees and counting as part of its emerald ash borer removal plan.
Whether an ash tree is infected or not, if it's in Onalaska, it will most likely be cut down by 2017.
The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) has been discovered in a privately owned Ash tree in Winona.
Onalaska is asking its residents how they want to deal with an invasive tree-killing pest. The emerald ash borer was discovered inside city limits in December. Onalaska has 17,000 ash trees on public property throughout the city. There are hundreds more on private property.
If you spot a purple box hanging in a tree this summer, agricultural officials are asking you to "let it be."