ASHWAUBENON, WI (WTAQ) – Forestry officials confirm the emerald ash borer (EAB) has spread to the village of Ashwaubenon.
The invasive species was discovered Jan. 26 on a tree and confirmed to be EAB on Feb. 4.
EAB was previously found in surrounding areas such as Green Bay, Howard, De Pere and the Towns of Glenmore and Morrison.
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Brown County was designated a quarantined county in 2009.
EAB is a small metallic-green beetle native to Asia. Its larvae causes ash trees to starve and eventually die.
Since EAB was first confirmed in the Midwest in 2002, it has killed more than 50 million ash trees
