Grad student mentioned in Sun Journal article on grant to protect ash trees
The Sun Journal reported the town of Norway has been awarded a Project Canopy grant that will address the estimated 5,000 ash trees that are in jeopardy of being killed by the emerald ash borer. Norway’s tree warden said the grant will be used to develop an inventory to identify the number and location of ash trees and to develop a comprehensive plan to minimize the economic and aesthetic effects of emerald ash borer on the town, according to the article. Officials will work with a University of Maine graduate student who has been studying towns in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to look at the processes used by community leaders in determining how to deal with the insect, the article states.