{"id":6571,"date":"2013-04-01T21:26:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T01:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6571"},"modified":"2013-04-01T21:26:03","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T01:26:03","slug":"emerald-ash-borer-threatens-local-ash-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=6571","title":{"rendered":"Emerald Ash Borer threatens local ash trees"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And Pocopson supports Kennett’s bid to protect Longwood cottages<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The Emerald Ash Borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire, is a green beetle native to Asia. It is an invasive species, responsible for the loss of millions of ash trees in North America.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Kelli Siehl<\/strong>,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times.<\/p>\n

POCOPSON \u2014 While the stink bug has been a much-despised recent addition to the local insect scene, the Emerald Ash Borer routinely proves deadly to ash trees, a state official recently told township officials \u2014 and it\u2019s coming to southeast Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

Dr. Donald Eggen, from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR), attended a recent township Board of Supervisors meeting to help officials plan for the imminent arrival of the invasive beetle chomping its way east across the state.<\/p>\n

Eggen recommends officials perform a complete survey of township properties, \u201cif you want to protect historical (ash) trees, start now,\u201d because once the beetle is detected, it takes just 3-5 years before the trees are dead. Eggen said the Emerald Ash Borer is an \u201cinsect like he has never seen before, from a liability standpoint\u201d because when the Ash dies, \u201cits wood becomes brittle and can come down and cause a lot of damage\u201d to property or even people.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Forestry can train volunteers to identify species of Ash tree located on township property and along township trails which could pose a liability, he told officials. Once the information is in hand, the township can develop a plan, tally the cost and then make decisions about which trees to treat and save.<\/p>\n

Although the Emerald Ash Borer only attacks species of Ash trees \u2013 it has a 99% mortality rate \u2013 making it a good idea for private homeowners to survey their own properties.<\/p>\n

For more information, pick up a brochure at the township office, located at 740 Denton Hollow Road.<\/p>\n

In other business, the supervisors agreed to draft a letter in support of neighboring Kennett Township\u2019s objection to tearing down the Longwood Cottages located along US-1. Longwood Gardens would like to demolish the structures, which are no longer used to house employees, to make way for a meadow. \u00a0Kennett Township maintains that the structures are of historical significance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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And Pocopson supports Kennett’s bid to protect Longwood cottages By Kelli Siehl,\u00a0Staff Writer, The Times. POCOPSON \u2014 While the stink bug has been a much-despised recent addition to the local insect scene, the Emerald Ash Borer routinely proves deadly to ash trees, a state official recently told township officials \u2014 and it\u2019s coming to southeast […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,1],"tags":[2167,36,84,2168],"class_list":["post-6571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","category-uncategorized","tag-emerald-ash-borer","tag-kennett-township","tag-longwood-gardens","tag-state-department-of-conservation-and-natural-resources-dcnr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}