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Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
Emerald Ash Borer
In August of 2010 the Illinois Department of Agriculture confirmed that the Village of Vernon Hills has an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB). The infestation will affect thousands of Ash trees on both public and privately owned property within the Village over the next several years. Therefore, we wish to make you aware of this unfortunate discovery in the event that you have existing Ash trees located on your property.Ash Trees
Based on the experiences of other municipalities who are dealing with EAB infestations, the survival rate for infested Ash trees is quite minimal. In fact, we anticipate that most of the untreated Ash trees within the Village will die before the year 2020. Therefore, if you begin experiencing signs of EAB to any of the Ash trees on your property, you may want to begin considering the removal of the tree.Chemical Treatments
The Village owns and maintains thousands of parkway trees along our streets. Many of these trees are Ash trees and will be affected by EAB at some point. The Village will monitor for EAB and will remove the trees as they become infested. This will leave some neighborhoods looking much different as the Ash trees are removed along with their shade giving canopy and eye pleasing form. It is our intent to replace the removed trees as quickly as possible within our given budgets.
Additional Information
We ask that you please pass this information along to all of your neighbors, and we encourage you to keep informed by checking back for future updates. Should you have questions pertaining to EAB that cannot be answered here or by any of the links below, please feel free to contact Ken Loar in the Public Works Forestry Division at 847-680-2268.- EAB Frequently Asked Questions
- List of Contractors for Removing Trees
- Why is there an Orange X on the Parkway trees?
- Fall 2011 EAB Newsletter
- Illinois Arborist Association
- Emerald Ash Borer in Illinois
- Emerald Ash Borer for Homeowners
- Insecticide Information