We spent five days running around different state parks finding ash trees that are candidates for treatment against emerald ash borer. All while in snowshoes with temperatures no higher than 13 degrees!
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| Westcott Beach State Park |
Now what is emerald ash borer? It's a small beetle native to Asia that feeds on ash trees and kills a tree within 10 years. It has been found in over 20 states and threatens to destroy all ash trees in North America. While emerald ash borer hasn't been found in this region yet, it has been found further south in New York.
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| Long Point State Park |
Our task has been to go to state parks in the region and identify ash trees that may be worth saving. The preventative treatment is expensive and the tree has to be strong and healthy to get through it so we had to be selective! Once a tree was identified we marked the location with a GPS. When it gets warmer we will be going back out to make sure the trees we marked are still good candidates and to make sure we didn't miss any!
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| Robert Wehle State Park |
We snowshoed about two to three miles a day no matter the weather! There was plenty of fun though, including snowball fights. Below is Lake Ontario. Every part of the lake we have seen is frozen as far as we can see. Onward to week three!
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| Robert Wehle State Park |
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