Salem to catalog city-owned trees in effort to stop invasive ash borer

Salem’s ash tree population may decrease due to an invasive bug species that’s gaining ground in Oregon.

The beetle itself isn’t damaging city trees yet, but city workers may remove some trees vulnerable to infection to prevent the bugs from spreading.

The Oregon Department of Forestry has directed the city of Salem to catalog city-owned ash trees and their condition as it continues to contend with the emerald ash borer–a wood boring beetle. Described as “possibly…