Deb McCullough has hopeful news on the emerald ash borer front. She was recently interviewed by Kirk Heinze for the Greening of the Great Lakes talk radio show on News/Talk 760 WJR.  She highlighted the Slowing Ash Mortality (SLAM) project and what impact it might have on the reduction of ash mortality.

Applied Spatial Ecology and Technical Services (ASETS) is partner in this project along with additional university, state and federal partners. We are tasked with the design and implementation of the project’s data management infrastructure.

Lauren Talley writes of the interview on mlive.com -

I still remember the day the ash trees went down in my neighborhood. It was spring and I had to pick up the girl I babysat at our neighborhood elementary school. I had passed those silent giants for 17 years, but on that day, after the whirs of chainsaws died down, everything sounded eerily clear. My tree-lined neighborhood looked barren without the ash – the oaks and the maples couldn’t make up for the loss. Read more ->

You can hear McCullough’s April 2 Greening of the Great Lakes conversation with Kirk Heinze on News/Talk 760 WJR by following this link -> Listen to their discussion.

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