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Jun 8, 2009 8:35 am US/Central

Other Minn. Cities Prepare To Battle Ash Borer

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ― Several cities across Minnesota stand to lose more than half of their trees to the emerald ash borer.

According to a DNR tree survey from 2006, 60 percent of the trees in Alexandria and Sauk Centre are ash.

The ash killing beetle was discovered in Minnesota last month. It's been concentrated to a neighborhood in St. Paul at this point, but officials expect it will eventually spread.

Ash trees make up half of the trees in Hibbing, International Falls, Luverne and Willmar. The Twin Cities have the most ash trees, but the overall percentage of ash trees in Minneapolis and St. Paul is much lower.

Many cities have planted ash trees over the years in response to Dutch elm disease.

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