WATCH ABOVE: The Emerald Ash Borer is leaving a deadly trail and causing an enormous environmental concern in the West Island. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
BEACONSFIELD — The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is leaving its mark on ash trees in the greater Montreal area, especially the West Island.
The invasive bug, that eats under the bark and eventually kills the trees, has been found in many cities and towns and several trees have been felled as a result.
The city has identified 11,000 ash trees and is on a campaign to treat 3,000 of them on public property with an insecticide.
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Officials are asking the public to do their part and have the remaining 8,000 on private property treated as well.
Residents can call the city to get their trees treated. It costs approximately $170 per tree depending on the size.
“[We’re] very concerned because if you don’t do anything over the next three years we’re going to lose all the ash trees in Beaconsfield,” said Mayor Georges Bourelle.
That already happened in Toledo, Ohio where a dozens of lush, green ash trees on a tree-lined road died within three years due to the invasive EAB.
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Baie-D’Urfé is taking similar measures to identify and treat all of its ash trees before they die. That town is also calling on residents to get their ash trees treated.
“It is a major concern,” echoed Baie-D’Urfé Mayor Maria Tutino.
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