Eau Claire says the Emerald ash borer has claimed seven thousand trees over the past five years.
City forestry supervisor Matthew Staudenmaier says they first noticed the bugs in a tree on the UW-Eau Claire campus back in 2017. Since then, crews have cut down seven thousand trees. Staudenmaier says there are only about three thousand ash trees left in the entire city.
He says any trees that haven’t been treated are likely infested with borers.
