Ash trees in more danger.The emerald ash borer  This article or section may deal primarily with the U.S. and may not present a worldwide view. , a deadly pest that threatens to wipe out Michigan's ash tree population, has now been detected in northern Illinois For the university, see Northern Illinois UniversityNorthern Illinois is a region generally covering the northern third of the U.S. state of Illinois. Economics . The tiny metallic-green invasive bug has already killed more than 7 million of Michigan's trees and has been found in parts of Indiana and Ohio. Michigan has launched a $36.5 million program designed to exterminate the beetle, which is native to Asia and probably arrived in Detroit via ship. Illinois officials say they will now enact a response plan that has been in the works for two years, beginning with surveying the area to determine the extent of damage. Victoria Porath of Sterling Heights, Michigan Sterling Heights is a city in Macomb County of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 124,471, making it the fourth largest in Michigan. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 95. , has the last ash tree on her street after the city cut down all the other ones in her subdivision. "It was devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. ," she told the Detroit News. "The trees were here for [the] 27 years we've lived here, and they were all gone in an afternoon. It broke my heart." |
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