Legacy Tree Project Partnership
Legacy Tree Project Partnership
The City of Wyoming, Village of Lockland, and Valent Professional Products have recently partnered in the Legacy Tree Project, an initiative that aims to protect America’s native trees by helping raise awareness of invasive species such as the emerald ash borer (EA
and providing communities with viable management solutions.
EAB is an invasive pest that has killed millions of ash trees in at least 13 states across the Midwestern and Eastern United States since it was first positively identified near Detroit in 2002. EAB is 100% lethal to ash trees, and trees often die within 1-to-4 years after expressing symptoms of infestation. There are only two viable solutions to EAB—tree removal or treatment with a systemic insecticide.
As part of the Legacy Tree Project, Wyoming and Lockland will receive free treatment of up to 200 of their highest-profile municipal ash trees over a five-year period. Trees will be treated once a year in June with soil injection of Safari® Insecticide. Valent Professional Products will cover all costs associated with the project, which includes Safari and application by a certified professional applicator. In 2010, Valent has contracted with Davey Tree to treat trees. Valent will also manage the program in conjunction with municipal foresters and other relevant municipal officials.
The City of Wyoming, Village of Lockland, and Valent Professional Products have recently partnered in the Legacy Tree Project, an initiative that aims to protect America’s native trees by helping raise awareness of invasive species such as the emerald ash borer (EA
and providing communities with viable management solutions.EAB is an invasive pest that has killed millions of ash trees in at least 13 states across the Midwestern and Eastern United States since it was first positively identified near Detroit in 2002. EAB is 100% lethal to ash trees, and trees often die within 1-to-4 years after expressing symptoms of infestation. There are only two viable solutions to EAB—tree removal or treatment with a systemic insecticide.
As part of the Legacy Tree Project, Wyoming and Lockland will receive free treatment of up to 200 of their highest-profile municipal ash trees over a five-year period. Trees will be treated once a year in June with soil injection of Safari® Insecticide. Valent Professional Products will cover all costs associated with the project, which includes Safari and application by a certified professional applicator. In 2010, Valent has contracted with Davey Tree to treat trees. Valent will also manage the program in conjunction with municipal foresters and other relevant municipal officials.
An excellent example of stewardship of the urban forest that will pay dividends for generations. If native ash trees are lost due to an exotic, non-native pest it could be a generation or two before resistant types of ash trees are grown and available to residents and communities.
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