Due to damage from emerald ash borer beetles, the Department of Public Works Forestry crews will be removing diseased trees over the next few months. They will focus on ash trees located on Francis Drive, Birch Meadow Drive, and at Memorial Park. These areas have been closely monitored by the town’s Tree Warden, an experienced ISA Arborist.
The emerald ash borer is an invasive pest first detected in Massachusetts in 2012 in the town of Dalton. Since its initial find, the emerald ash borer has been detected in 169 communities in eleven counties: Berkshire, Bristol, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester. The entire state of Massachusetts is currently part of the national quarantined zone, limiting the movement of all hardwood firewood, and green wood products, nursery stock, and any plant materials from any ash species in an effort to stop the spread of the beetle.
For more information on this pest, visit www.emeraldashborer.info