Monday, January 6, 2014

Might the cold snap affect invasives?

Excerpted from Minnesota's

Updraft

MPR News Weather and its underlying science       

Extreme cold may wipe out high percentage emerald ash borer larvae

Here’s one resident who may welcome the extreme cold wave headed for Minnesota. Your local ash tree.

The extreme temperatures moving in with Sunday’s arctic blast may kill off a significant percentage of emerald ash borer larvae, according to one of the premier forestry experts in Minnesota.