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An invasive insect has laid waste to an estimated 100 million ash trees across the U.S. ... Oregon foresters gather ash tree seeds. By Brian Bull (KLCC) March 1, 2022 10:56 p.m.
More than 900,000 seeds of Oregon ash trees from different populations from the Columbia River to California border have been collected by Oregon Dept. of Forestry under a federal grant to save ...
Oregon Department of Forestry staff recently completed an unprecedented effort to collect seeds from populations of Oregon ash (Fraxinus latifolia) trees throughout the Oregon portion of the ...
The protocol for collection includes scouting out ash trees, identifying them, collecting seed and twig samples and taking photographs. If you would be interested in joining this project, ...
A worker with the Oregon Department of Forestry collects seed from wild Oregon ash trees north of Salem as part of an effort to preserve the genes of the species before the emerald ash borer ...
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Working with the help of a federal grant from the USDA Forest Service, the Oregon Department of Forestry has been gathering seeds from Oregon ash trees from throughout the state.
Oregon forestry officials have collected over 900,000 seeds from a native tree species, in an effort to protect against an invasive insect. After collection, Emerald Ash seeds can last 60 to 70 ...
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If the tree passes the test, and isn’t affected by emerald ash borers, it can be used for breeding pest-resistant trees. The GLB Forest Health Collaborative is expanding its seed collection ...
The goal is to collect seeds from 300 trees across 30 populations of ash trees in Oregon, Williams said. The seeds ODF already has collected represent 133 mother trees from 12 populations.
The extensive death of ash trees in Western New York is creating a decline in emerald ash borer populations for the time being, and the release of wasps that prey on the invasive insect may limit the ...
Since 2006, Carlini, 58, of Elmwood Park, has been on a one-man mission to save the Chicago area’s historic ash trees from the ravages of the emerald ash borer, a torpedo-shaped metallic-green ...