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November/December 2024
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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
