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The emerald ash borer, an invasive insect that’s killed millions of trees across the United States, was found in several ...
DNA sequencing shows young trees are more likely to have gene variants that confer partial resistance to a fungus that has ...
In this episode of ID That Tree, Purdue Extension forester Lenny Farlee introduces the Black Ash. This species is typically found in wetland environments within Indiana and the North Woods of Northern ...
The emerald ash borer is wiping out black ash trees, critical for Abenaki basket-making. Here's what's being done to keep the tradition alive.
The decline of black ash trees is also a concern to Tyler Everett, a citizen member of the Mi'kmaq Nation in northern Maine. Everett is the tribal forest adaptation technical assistant with United ...
Black Ash: Eaten by the Emerald Menace. Black ash trees once thrived in wet forests from the Northeast to the Midwest, vital for both wildlife and Native American basket weaving traditions.
Find out about common North American trees with pinnate leaves. Learn how to identify hickory, ash, walnut, black locust, and pecan using this guide.
"Black ash is our culture and the creation story is that we came out of a black ash tree," Wood said. Wood, 61, learned relatively late in life, when she was 50 years old, that she has Abenaki ...
Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- In northern Wisconsin, April Stone is carrying on a centuries-old Ojibwe practice of basket making. She uses wood from the black ash tree, a cultural keystone species ...
A new initiative aims to protect black ash trees, now considered endangered, from the invasive emerald ash borer that has wrought havoc on ash tree populations. March 27, 2025.
"Black ash is our culture and the creation story is that we came out of a black ash tree," Wood said. Wood, 61, learned relatively late in life, when she was 50 years old, that she has Abenaki ...