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The Shelburne Tree Committee recently received a Caring for Canopy Grant from the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program for new trees at two Shelburne parks.
Earlier this year, around Arbor Day, Shelburne News published an article with photos of the Shelburne Tree Committee planting trees around town. Some of the trees planted that weekend were
Vermont focuses on education to protect ash trees
State Entomologist for the Agency of Agriculture, Food and Markets Judy Rosovsky wraps up an ash log in her lab in Berlin, Vt., Tuesday, May 1, 2018. The log, which was cut in Orange, Vt., and contains evidence of emerald ash borer activity, is kept in a freezer with other samples of trees containing the larvae of the invasive insect to prevent its spread. Following a survey of towns bordering the four-town area where it has been confirmed, officials met in Berlin Wednesday to plot their next steps and discuss details of a quarantine. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
They each are signs that there is an imminent threat to Vermontâs ash trees.
The purple boxes that you have seen hanging in trees around Vermont, during warmer months, are insect traps; specifically Emerald Ash Borer traps.
A new fee line appeared on our electric bills, in autumn 2019, entitled Emerald Ash Borer Charge (look under new charges/adjustments).
It was only 2018, when Emerald Ash Borer was first detected in Vermont. And already, as of October 2020, Emerald Ash Borer has been found in every county but one. There is an abundance of information online about this invasive and destructive insect, including on the town of Shelburneâs website. Search âShelburne Tree Committee Vermontâ to get directly to The Shelburne Tree Committee webpage.