City plans insecticide injections for ash trees to combat invasive insect found in Marion County

Salem city officials are organizing a response to the recent local detection of a “highly destructive” insect that quickly kills ash trees.  

Emerald ash borers were first confirmed in Marion, Clackamas and Yamhill counties by the Oregon Department of Agriculture on Aug. 28. They’re “highly destructive”invasive insects that target ash trees and deprive them of the ability to transport nutrients and water, eventually killing them. The small metallic green insects were first found in…