State officials fear millions of NY trees could be in jeopardy. There's a new campaign to save hundreds of thousands of trees in the Rochester area.
You may have heard about the "Emerald Ash Borer" and it's a beetle native to Asia. It's been creating a lot of problems in America in recent years.
There are 900 million ash trees in the state of New York. They're plentiful on city streets and in many neighborhoods. But they're facing a very real threat because of the small, green beetle, "Emerald Ash Borer."
That was the focus of this workshop in Caledonia, Livingston County today. The Department of Environmental Conservation, teamed up with the Cornell Cooperative Extension to explain the best way to get the word out. The "Emerald Ash Borer" has turned up in the southern tier and in Monroe County.