The trees impending extinction also comes at the time when the Menominee are working to revive their traditional methods of basket making. The Menominee are working to preserve as many strips of black ...

Signs of infestation include one-eighth inch, D-shaped exit holes in ash tree bark and serpentine tunnels under the bark. Steps to keep emerald ash borer from spreading: * Don’t transport firewood.

The larvae tunnel under bark, cutting off nutrients from the tree and killing them often within five or six years. If ash trees aren’t treated against EAB, Osthus said they will eventually ...