The Easing Ash Borer in Maine

The emerald ash borer, as of this writing, has spread into 35 states and five canadian provinces. The economic impact of tree removal and replacement across the 25 state region was projected at ten point seven billion dollars. People were cutting dead ash trees, not knowing what had killed them, and chopping them into firewood, which was sold and carried across county and state lines. Despite years of education campaigns, expanding quarantine zones and bands on moving firewood, the beetles are still spreading.