Actually at last night's meeting of the MPRB, after just about everyone
except Park Watch and staff had left, the USDA Forestry Service made a
lengthy report on the status of our urban forest. They described our
MPRB trees in detail and it seems that the species we have the most of
now ( since we lost so many elms) are ash trees. The Emerald Ash borer
has destroyed much of Ohio's ash trees and they are headed now into
Michigan and Wisconsin. Will we be facing a crisis bigger than Dutch
Elm Disease? And if that isn't a big enough worry the Asian
Long-Horned Beetle isn't very picky about which trees it destroys, 75%
of species are to its liking, and it too may be coming to a tree near
you. The report will soon be posted to the MPRB website ( it's big so
it will take a few days to scan ). I hope they plan on building the
Forestry Sections reserves during the budget discussion they will have
next Wednesday evening at 5:00pm as a committee of the whole.
Liz Wielinski
Columbia Park
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