http://www.emeraldashborer.info/treatment.cfm
Do your homework if you have ash trees and start a program to save them. Cheaper than removing & replacing it. City is not interested in this. But the homeowner needs to save their trees.

We have 2 ash trees that we planted in 2005. I've been treating them with Bayer Advanced 12 Month Tree & Shrub Protect & Feed (in a blue bottle at many retailers; The Garden Faire even had mail in rebate forms earlier this summer) for at least 3-4 years, and I believe our trees are still okay despite many parkway trees being removed on our street. For better protection, I've been advised to apply it every 6 months instead of every 12 months.

I hope that ours remain insect free!

I also wish there had been better notification from the village. To let us know that it was in the area and that we should take steps to save our trees. It seems like there was no news until it was too late.

Short term treatments...all ashe trees will get infested. The state of Illinois has known about this for years. Many articles have been written about the borer in local papers and even reported on tv.

hurry up and get to the back 10 of the Koch farm to get free replacement trees - not ash - but mature, free trees. You pay for removal, bagging, and planting on your property. SERIOUSLY! It's worth the $100 or so it will cost you to get a mature tree to replace a tree that will likely die (or already has). Hurry up because soon those trees will be turned into meadow for the horses!

Yes, I had a second generation Arborist out to look at my tree. He said they are all going to get it sooner or later. Mother nature cannot be beat along with man transporting bugs, fish and other wildlife to parts of the world that they do not belong.

Folks, would you be suprised to hear that this conflicting and frequently erroneous information is repeated over and over, in most states, cities and villages, by people you trust? I am an Arborist, I work for the manufacturer of what is considered the most effective solution against EAB, so I am being completely transparent here. EAB is often in your trees for several years before it is found, and by that point, damage is occuring. Infested trees typically last about 5 yrs post-attack, before death occurs. But, trees can be truly saved effectively, as long as the damage has not progressed to the degree that nothing can help. Scientists tell us that you can save trees with anything less than 40% canopy loss (thinning). Fact is that even if the pest is already in your trees (worst damage occurs Aug-Oct) the pest can be stopped and over the next 2 years the tree will recover. I have seen this in tens of thousands of trees being treated. Suggestions in comments above, that soil treatment products should be done every 6 months is off label, and more is not better, as these products tend to fail when you need them most, when pest pressure increases. The solution that most cities are using is injected directly into the tree by a licensed applicator, it lasts for 2 years, is sealed in the tree, and is much less expensive than removal plus you get to keep your trees. If you goggle the word "TREE-age" you can find out who provides these treatments in your areas. Good luck.

Where are those free trees located? Who do I contact?

Got a pair of Purple Ash in my back yard...still full canopy after 12 years. Fairly certain my subdivision didn't put in Ash trees...lots of Maple and Lotus(weird little leaves) .

Might be worth tracking down an applicator.

off of Clark -- between ogden (34) and bentson - there is a gate - go in and tag a tree. If there's bright green on it, it is staying when the bull dozer comes. call Larry Gibson 630-567-1962. He can work with you to get the tree (s) balled up and delivered. He's worked with the owners on several occasions. It's a shame the town didn't replace all the trees with trees from the Koch farm, since they're all destined to be turned into pasture anyway!! (with a few exceptions, such as oak, because its tap root is too deep)

I'm a licensed applicator and this might be something to look into.

I have contracted with an arborist to treat my parkway ash tree at my own expense. It was treated earlier this summer and is looking great. Some Homeowner's Associations have also been treating their ash trees successfully. Chicago, Naperville, Arlington Heights and other municipalities are treating rather than destroying their trees. Cornell University has done extensive research validating treatment as an effective option. Trees need to be evaluated, not every tree can be saved, but many can. There are also effective applications to prevent infestation. I contacted the Village Board about treatment and preventative options. How sad that Oswego would rather cut down trees than attempt treatment.

According to the National Aboretum:
A broader diversity of trees is needed in our urban
landscapes to guard against the possibility of large-scale devastation by both
native and introduced insect and disease pests. Urban foresters and municipal
arborists should use the following guidelines for tree diversity within their areas
of jurisdiction: (1) plant no more than 10% of any species, (2) no more than
20 % of any genus, and (3) no more than 30 % of any family.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/programs/nursery/metria/metria07/m79.pdf

As a community member I am extremely dismayed by the 'handling'of the Emerald Ash Borer problem in our community. Communities around ours, Aurora,Naperville are working with Morton Arboretum and are saving a large amount of money and environmental value that having those mature trees provides.

On whose advice did we decide "the borers going to get them al so let's cut them al down?" Did we get a reay good deal on a wood chipper? When valuing these trees did we take a tree survey for the city? Do we know the percentages of types of trees we currenty have, thereby allowing us some prediction the impact their removal might have. This summer, those mighty ash left provided better shade than many other cutivars, like maple and birch that were losing leaves in July.
Did you know that there have been stands of blue ash entirely unaffected in areas that appear to have a genetic resistance to the borer? In Naperville, they use a hybrid of three chemicas. It has 16, 300 trees. The first years treatment wil cost $480,000. Secondyear, $175,000. ess the second year because one of the treatments is every other year. They predict a loss of 700 trees. The removal plan, as Oswego chose, was to cost $14 miion upon completion. Which makes more economic sense?

The Morton Arboretum has partnered with professionals from other communities...what can we do to reopen this issue? This is not over yest, and we cannot let them all die!

Fact check-village Administrator Steve Jones stated that The Illinois Department of Agriculture said there was no acceptable treatment. This is not true. Please refer to www.illinoiseab.com. This is our State's agricultural page. It does state that they support treatment, but cannot suggest one treatment over another. That would be because they can't show preference to one manufacturer or another. Not that it doesn't work. Where are the facts? Why are we letting our Administrators make these things up or go by assumption, not factual decisions?