Saving the ash tree, seed by seed

Nov 5 2009 Karessa Weir No Comments

(MN) Minneapolis Star-Tribune - Poking into the branches of trees, stripping clumps of seed into bags and cataloging each sample, the group was one of dozens across the United States and Canada collecting ash seeds to restore the species after the emerald ash borer destroys much of the ash standing today. At risk in Minnesota are nearly 1 billion trees, roughly 6.4 percent of Minnesota’s urban and wild forest. More

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