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Davey Bulletin November-December 2024

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21 November/December 2024 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN Clayton Morse, associate consultant, Environmental Consulting services (EC), Davey Resource Group (DRG) worked with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy on a plan to treat trees for Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) along the Appalachian Trail and parking areas in Dalton and Tyringham, Massachusetts. DRG EC's Nathaniel Bursaw, environmental scientist and Richard Caron, environmental technician, applied Arborjet ® injection treatments of emamectin benzoate into the base of the trunk of 30 ash trees per day over a combined week and a half in both locations. "The treatment is applied as low as you can get to the root flare but not underground roots. Once injected, the tree moves the chemical up and down it," Morse said. "The great thing about the work being done for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy is these trees are being treated in a forest and can reseed once the threat of EAB has passed." EAB was discovered in Vancouver, British Columbia in May 2024. In response, Davey launched a dedicated EAB task force in Canada. The task force includes Davey Tree Expert Co. of Canada, Limited's Kevin Cassells, district manager, Edmonton Residential office; Matthew Coady, area manager, Canadian Residential; Scott Gardner, district manager, Burnaby Residential office; and Ryan St. Pierre, manager, Davey Resource Group, along with Dr. Thomas Whitney, technical advisor, Davey Institute. "The EAB task force meets monthly, and we are planning training for our Vancouver metro offices on preventative EAB treatments and producing educational communications for the region's municipalities," Whitney said. EAB IN VANCOUVER PERSEVERANCE EMERALD ASH BORER TREATMENT ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL The Emerald Ash Borer is an invasive wood-boring beetle, and according to USDA.gov, is responsible for the death and decline of tens of millions of ash trees in North America. Davey teamed up with FirstEnergy on their fresh tree trimming program with the Akron Zoo in Akron, Ohio. Approximately once a week, Eastern Utility services' FirstEnergy account employees Dallas Medina, trimmer, and Hue Jones, foreman, trim mainly Norway, silver, and sugar maple trees, then move on to trimming dogwood, mulberry, and tulip trees, and save the trimmings for animals at the Akron Zoo. "The trimmings are saved for the zoo's primates, as well as alpacas, TREE TRIMMINGS FEED AKRON ZOO ANIMALS goats, and tufted deer, for them to eat and play with," said Shane Adams, account manager, central region. "We gather maple tree trimmings first because we've noticed they are preferred, but the other tree varieties are used as well." Adams said the program gives employees more appreciation for what they do every day. "It kind of brings out the kid in us. We're helping zoo animals, and that's a great feeling." A red ruffed lemur chews on branches. Lemurs and other animals at the Akron Zoo enjoy eating tree trimmings, gathered by Eastern Utility services employees. Richard Caron Nathaniel Bursaw

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