http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/delaying-infestation-lisa-kaczke-staff-writer-10262 Comments for "Delaying an infestation, By LISA KACZKE, Staff Writer" en http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/delaying-infestation-lisa-kaczke-staff-writer-10262 <p>A metallic green insect smaller than a penny threatens to destroy Minnesota’s 867 million ash trees.<br /> Local agencies are concerned after the emerald ash borer was found recently in Wisconsin and Missouri and have taken steps to delay its introduction to the state’s ash trees.<br /> The insect, native to Asia, was found in Detroit in 2002 and has since spread to nine states and two Canadian provinces via the movement of ash firewood and other ash materials.</p> <br class="clear" /><p><a href="http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/delaying-infestation-lisa-kaczke-staff-writer-10262">read more</a></p> http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com/news/outdoors/delaying-infestation-lisa-kaczke-staff-writer-10262#comments Outdoors Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:20:36 -0500 Lisa Kaczke 10262 at http://www.ifallsdailyjournal.com