City pitches $1.2M plan to save tree canopy from tiny pests

Saskatoon city hall is proposing a million-dollar plan to protect the city’s beloved urban forest from European invaders about three millimetres long.
City of Saskatoon staff have been tracking the advance of a lice species native to Europe that targets black ash trees for more than two years. An assessment done this summer suggests 1,000 damaged trees should be removed, a city report says.
The report says the use of insecticides has only helped delay the need for trees to be removed and s