David L. Roberts of Michigan State University holds large pieces of freshly shredded wood, which could allow beetles to survive and escape.
Flaws riddle ash borer fight A $36.5 million state program to wipe out an exotic beetle that has killed more than 7 million ash trees in Michigan is prone to abuse and is failing to contain the insect. 10/10/04
Michigan firm protests grinding contract When state and federal officials were designing a program in 2003 to grind millions of infected ash trees into 1-inch chips and prevent the spread of the emerald ash borer, Environmental Wood Solutions seemed a shoo-in to get the contract. 10/10/04
Beetle battleground Map shows dramatic spread of emerald ash borer in southeast Michigan and parts of Ohio. 10/10/04
Ash Borer Battle Dispute erupts in Michigan over saving ash trees So far, the battle to save Michigan's 700 million ash trees from a killer Asian beetle has split state officials waging the war and foresters and arborists working in the field with infected trees. 10/10/04
Grosse Pointe Farms tackles ash tree killer GROSSE POINTE FARMS -- After watching Dutch elm disease ravage hundreds of towering shade trees in this upscale Lake St. Clair community 30 years ago, city officials were determined not to stand by and watch their ash trees suffer the same fate at the hands of the emerald ash borer. 10/10/04
Resilient pests landed 5 years ago The emerald ash borer, as the foreign beetle was named after its discovery in Michigan in June 2002, slipped unnoticed into the Detroit area in wood products shipped here from Asia at least five years ago. 10/10/04
Emerald Ash Borer in Michigan site