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Colin Bonser

Entomologist with USDA Forest Service Forest Health Protection (Southern Region, Pineville, Louisiana), expert on emerald ash borer.

Oct 10, 2026

4:39
But I guess to get the ball rolling and get things started off here, can you tell us what EAB is? Where'd it come from? What the problems are in our forests? And we'll just start off with that, just the life cycle of it, anything that applies.
4:56
Yeah, yeah, sure.
4:57
So the big takeaway is that emerald ash borer is going to be one of the most destructive forest pests that has been released into North America.
5:06
And thus far, it's been documented in 38 out of 50 states.
5:11
So that's over three quarters.
5:13
I've done the math.
5:16
It's easier just to go ahead and count what they're not in at this point.

16 MINS LATER

21:15
so you mentioned earlier that ash trees are really prevalent in these riparian areas so of course if they're getting destroyed there uh there's ecological consequences is that uh Is that why you would be trapping along the Delta? Because it's just such a big eco-region that we're paying attention to, or is there another rationale?
4:29
But I guess to get the ball rolling and get things started off here, can you tell us what EAB is? Where did it come from? What the problems are in our forests? And we'll just start off with that, just the life cycle of it, anything that applies.
4:46
Yeah, yeah, sure.
4:47
So the big takeaway is that emerald ash borer is going to be one of the most destructive forest pests that has been released into North America.
4:56
And thus far, it's been documented in 38 out of 50 states.
5:01
So that's over three quarters.
5:03
I've done the math.
5:05
It's easier just to go ahead and count what they're not in at this point.

16 MINS LATER

21:05
so you mentioned earlier that ash trees are really prevalent in these riparian areas so of course if they're getting destroyed there uh there's ecological consequences is that uh Is that why you would be trapping along the Delta? Because it's just such a big eco-region that we're paying attention to, or is it another rationale?

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