The Ash Trees are dying in the Great Smokey Mountains
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A little green beetle has killed millions of ash trees in Michigan and the bugs have spread south.
Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are worried the Asian emerald ash borer could be brought in to the park on visitors' firewood.
Park crews already are waging a costly and time-consuming battle against the hemlock woolly adelgid, an insect pest that destroys hemlock trees. Biologists say it's only a matter of time before the emerald ash borer reaches the park, which straddles the North Carolina-Tennessee state line.
Photo of the Asian Emerald Ash Borer: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2404403&l=0184ba344e&id=730049720
Officials at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are worried the Asian emerald ash borer could be brought in to the park on visitors' firewood.
Park crews already are waging a costly and time-consuming battle against the hemlock woolly adelgid, an insect pest that destroys hemlock trees. Biologists say it's only a matter of time before the emerald ash borer reaches the park, which straddles the North Carolina-Tennessee state line.
Photo of the Asian Emerald Ash Borer: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2404403&l=0184ba344e&id=730049720
