Emerald Ash Borer: Tree Damage Reports

If you have ash trees on your property, you are about to suffer a big hit to the appearance of your property. Emerald Ash Borer has been detected on Prince Edward Drive and is undoubtedly spreading throughout our leafy residential  neighborhood. 
The insect was first detected in North America in 2002  and is doing huge amounts of damage killing trees. The Ash Tree is an important part of the Toronto tree canopy and is largely planted on streets and along the ravines network therefore it is important to protect these trees. You can wait for the City and its dwindling budgets and resources to try and wrestle this  huge problem to the ground for you, or you can  shrewdly assess your own property. This affects city and private trees alike: take action now and have the trees on and abutting your property treated.

The Emerald Ash Borer is a small green beetle that looks for Ash Trees to feed and lay it’s eggs in. These eggs turn into larva that feed on the sap wood of the tree so not as many nutrients travel through the canopy of the tree. Here in the City of Toronto, if an Emerald Ash Borer infected tree is not treated, the tree will be dead within 10 years.

There are a number of local tree service companies that can treat your trees  with a chemical injection that has a good track record but the important thing is to go look at your trees after reading up  on superb websites such as:  
http://www.bioforest.ca/index.cfm?fuseaction=content&menuid=34&pageid=1062
http://www.toronto.ca/trees/eab.htm

Map of infestation: www.toronto.ca/trees/pdfs/EABupdatemap.pdf  
This map shows mortality on Prince Edward Drive, South of Bloor  as of February, 2012

While its not the KPRI's job or purpose to  direct you to specific tree services, we include the following local companies (who won't charge you a premium to travel long distances to assess your trees) . We submit the following list in the interests of swiftly addressing a spreading problem:
- Davey Tree  416-241-7191
- Cohen and Master  416-932-0622
- Forest Glen 416-738-4536
- Greenlawn:  905-290-1834
 Thank you


F.T.Campbell , Director