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Galesburg Preparing For Emerald Ash Borer
Nearly sixty trees in a variety of styles ranging between four and eight feet tall were planted outside of Galesburg's Hawthorne Center Saturday, but they weren't ash trees.

City Arborist Gary Johnson says the Emerald Ash Borer discovered 25 miles away in Stark County has the potential of taking out the ash tree population in Galesburg.

He tells WGIL planting trees in the nursery for future distribution throughout Galesburg not of ash descent is a necessary measure to preserve the city's green color.

"Right now, you figure Galesburg has 30%, 30 to 35% ash trees," he said. "So if it does get ehre, we're going to be losing almost all of our ash trees throughout the city, so this will help us get along."

Johnson says it was great to see people come out and volunteer yesterday morning in planting the new trees. He says this is something that will help the next generation down, and the trees will last a lot of years.

The city is currently in the process of shifting around 25 existing trees in the nursery to other community locations.

The new and ash-less trees are funded through a $3,000 dollar grant from the Trees Forever Organization.




(The scene Saturday morning at Galesburg's tree nursery behind the Hawthorne Center; WGIL News Story and Photos by Kyle Schassburger)
11 05 11 by Newsroom
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