By 2017, all of Toronto’s 860,000 ash trees may well be dead.

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Toronto’s tree canopy could use your help

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  Apr 26, 2012 – 11:11 AM ET | Last Updated: Apr 25, 2012 6:19 PM ET

In 2007, a small, rather pretty green bug called the Emerald Ash Borer was discovered in Toronto. The EAB, a very successful Asian native, likes to feed on the bark of ash trees; the City of Toronto estimates that, by 2017, all of Toronto’s 860,000 ash trees may well be dead.  Visit this link for the full story http://wp.me/P2iTXO-wv