First discovered in summer 2022 in southeastern Michigan near Detroit, the emerald ash borer is a small but mighty force to ...

In environmental news it’s Emerald Ash Borer awareness week and the Oregon Department of Forestry is working to slow the spread of this destructive invasive species. Commonly called just EAB, this ...

There’s a tree killer on the loose in Oregon, and nobody knows how to stop it. An invasive green beetle called the emerald ash borer arrived in the Midwest from Asia, and it’s killed over 100 ...

Dominic Maze, a City of Portland biologist, discovered on June 30 that Oregon is facing an impending ecological disaster. Sitting on his truck tailgate and waiting for his kids to finish a day of ...

Researchers also hope to identify and breed Oregon ash trees resistant to the pest. TANGENT, Ore. — The Calapooia River flows past fields of bucolic farmland in the Mid-Willamette Valley where ...

One of the most destructive invasive insects in the United States has been detected in three more Oregon counties this summer, which could be bad news for the state’s ash trees. Federal and ...

The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle that’s already killed millions of trees across the country, is spreading in Oregon. The beetle was first detected in Washington County, near Forest ...

He used a modified painter's pole to hook a purple box suspended from an Oregon ash tree branch 20 feet in the air. After inspecting the trap's sticky surface, Sevey found no evidence of EAB.

Damage to a tree caused by emerald ash borers in Marion County (ODF) The Yamhill County beetle was found in a trap near Gaston, just seven miles away from where Oregon’s first emerald ash borer ...

Dr. Max Ragozzino with the Oregon Department of Agriculture held up an ash tree branch, pointing to the holes on one side. “In a sample like this, each of these little de-shaped exit holes is ...