‘Be A Smart Ash’ Campaign Designed To Protect Trees

DENVER (CBS4)– An insect threatening to kill hundreds of trees in Colorado has gotten the attention of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock who wants to get ahead of the problem.
The Emerald Ash Borer has been an epidemic in the Midwest with tens of thousands of trees wiped out from the invasive beetle.An Emerald Ash Borer Beetle (credit: Colorado State Forest Service)
The EAB is a non-native, wood boring beetle that, along with its larvae, attacks all true ash tree species, including the white as