The bug had jumped the border, and that was exceptionally bad news for the many varieties of native ash trees that call Texas home. State forest officials found themselves in the grips of a full ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An invasive wood-boring beetle is quickly spreading in Texas, thanks to human interactions. Emerald ash borers are an invasive species that bores into ash trees—whether it’s ...

“The continuous spread of EAB is a great concern for our ash tree population,” said Allen Smith, Texas A&M Forest Service Regional Forest Health Coordinator. “EAB has the potential to wipe ...

The Texas A&M Forest Service confirmed Tuesday that the beetle, which kills ash trees by eating the tissues under the bark, was found in Grayson, Hill, Hood, McLennan and Palo Pinto Counties.

Flocke said the trees causing the most severe allergenic issues during this time in Texas are ash, elm, oak, pecan and pine. Unlike cedar, these trees tend to have pollen of a larger size ...

The invasive beetle that kills ash trees has traveled to new areas in Texas. The Texas A&M Forest Service confirmed last week that the emerald ash borer is now in five counties in North and ...

Emerald ash borer, an invasive wood-boring pest, has been confirmed in multiple counties across Texas. According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, the pest has killed millions of trees in at least ...

One month into the invasion of Texas, Allen Smith was driving to the site he calls Ground Zero, six miles west of the Louisiana line. “Excuse the mess,” he said. “I’ve been living out of ...