The invasive emerald ash borer beetle is confirmed to be in five new Texas counties, the Texas A&M Forest Service says. The non-native small green beetle was found in Jack, Navarro, Somervell, ...

It’s an extremely invasive species of insect and its favorite meal is Ash trees. “It targets all Ash trees in Texas,” said Hector Marines, Regional Urban Forester, Texas A&M Forest Service.

The emerald ash borer is a destructive, nonnative, wood‐boring pest that targets all ash tree species. Native to Asia, forest health experts have monitored its movement across the U.S. since 2002.

BRATTLEBORO — When Robert Clements first moved to Vermont more than 50 years ago, he didn't know an ash tree from a hole in the ground. But in the dead of winter, he quickly learned ash splits easily ...

Many of those past 15 years that you’ve had this tree were influenced by extended drought. Older leaves, those farther down on a tree’s branches, are the first to be shed.