As emerald ash borer broadens its base in Vermont, other alien insects lurk

An ash tree dying as a result of damage by the emerald ash borer. Photo courtesy of Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets
This road is made for walking, inclining gently upward, not too muddy. A mountain stream rushes alongside, noisy with snowmelt. In summer it is cool, shaded by a mix of trees commonly found in the forests of northern Vermont — a scattering of hemlock, cedar in the low-lying areas, but mostly mixed hardwoods, birch, sugar maple, ash.So many ash trees, rising ta