The Emerald Ash Borer vs The North American Ash Tree
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
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put together a short video as i'm feeling alittle nostalgic after working with some live Ash trees last week up north and coming back home to the total annihilation of the species here
"I hope you like this kind of a video"... uhm...Doug... we like ALL of your videos.
Suburban Hiker ....yes! Every one of them!
this is my first video i have seen and i am in LOVE...you are nice to listen and appreciate your perspective and shared knowledge!
You should try gathering seeds when you're up north again, keep them for when the ash are truly gone and the beetles hopefully die off because they don't have it any more, then plant them anew!
boggledegop ....I hope people have started this already in secure green houses. Good idea!
boggledegop they don’t go after saplings only once a Tree gets a certain size.
In theory it works, but it's not very practical.
I study forestry in austria, we have similar problems over here as well and they all are very complex. As long as you don't want to drown your forrests in pesticides there's not a lot you can do. This refers to natural forrests. Problems like these in more artificial forrests can often be reduced by getting closer to the natural state.
boggledegop I’ve had a horrid issue here in Alaska at our cabin. Hundreds and hundreds of miles of spruce trees were killed. If the mountain lights up the whole thing will be a waste land within a few days.
Sackmatters Do the fires kill the beetles? If so I’m guessing the fires will continue to get worse (I grew up in the coastal BC region and I’ve move to the prairies of Alberta last year) until the battles die off or down a lot. At which point they’ll either be under control or it will be a back and forth. I’m a believer that nature will always find a balance .
Saying goodbye to a species is so very sad. The older I get, the more farewells I have to say. Great video.
It’s heartbreaking to see this. But I do appreciate what you are showing us. Thanks Doug.
Thank you for showing your love of these fine trees. We will all miss them and their beauty. Peace.
I have some Ash in my few acres of woods here in Michigan. I guard them as best I can. The youngest look like they survived the Emerald Ash Borer mostly. These trees are beautiful creations, thank God for the last two winter's of -20F winter's....
Thanks, Doug, for putting the changes into context. Hope your arm gets better soon.
Its a reminder to appreciate what we have and don'k keep looking for more...Thanks Doug we are blessed to have you Brother....Paul
Thank you for making this. My family homestead I grew up on lost most of the tended forest of ash, many very tall old trees. My wife and I lost a massive ash that was very easily over 100 yrs old. took out two of our younger 60 ft maples on the way down. Like you said, maples on our property have taken over. My family homestead has had shag bark hickory taking the ash's place, which is kinda neat. At least my family will have ash heat for the rest of our lives...
It won't last that long. Mines dead 5 yrs now and standing trees are rotting
@@brandonhoad9033 what are you talking about? we took down and cut/split/stacked/covered/dried our ash
@@RedSiBaron all of it? I cut about 6-7 cord a year plus give some to others and can't begin to keep up w how fast they're going down. Now the standing ones are starting to rot. It's been dead 5 year's now.
@@brandonhoad9033 MAN at least you are trying to salvage as much of it as possible. ours didn't all die at once, but we've been able to save most of it as burnable wood. My 77 yr old father is a bit obsessed and healthy, so he'll still spend a whole day outside cutting and splitting so he has been able to salvage most of the ash. You are right though, left to it's own ash rots quick standing.
A volunteer group planted several hundred Emerald ash borer resistant, purebred Fraxinus pennsylvanica in Detroit last year. These were developed by the US Forest Service Northern Research Station by breeding mutiple generations of "lingering ash" from southeastern Michigan to enhance their natural resistance. We will have ash again in this country, just not for a long time.
Thanks Doug...I have been watching your posts for a few years. This was a pretty powerful post and I thank you for it.
Hello Doug, thank you for sharing this informative video. I appreciate the time and the effort that you put in to make this one. Be safe out there. 🤗
Very nice video presentation on this problem Doug. In the UK our Elm Trees suffered for decades from Dutch Elm Disease. Down from 25 million to less than 100. However 4 isolated Elms have been found which may be resistant to the disease. You never know? Keep providing us with your excellent videos and your good work.
Years ago growing up in SE Wisconsin we had a disease called Dutch Elm Disease. The elm tree was a staple in our neck of the woods. They were beautiful majestic trees. Now there are only a few left in the area. Yes its sad and wholly preventable but in our society where travel over very great distances is a every day assurances, tragedies like Dutch Elm and the emerald ash borrower(sic) have sadly become a result of our very mobile culture. As you stated we evolve.
Thank you Doug. Much Love to you and your family.
That emerald ash borer is a real ash hole. Great shots at the beginning. Beautiful but sad.
Thanks Doug.. I've always loved woodworking with Ash.. When I was in Grade school I made a Baseball bat out of Ash. They (ash trees) have been used for years to make Baseball bats. Like you said Ash has a beautiful grain pattern like Oak. Thank you for paying homage to the beautiful Ash trees.. So many people have No idea that we are loosing such a beautiful resource. Cheers
Great video Doug. I worked on this project as a surveyor with the Michigan Dept, of Agriculture for almost 3 years, back in 2003 to 2006. Totally devastating I hated to see all those trees die out.
I am a forest person believe deeply we are losing way too many trees and its sad. thank you Doug for this video
Very interesting, Doug. Please bring us more news like this. I loved it! Merry Ann from Minnesota
It is very sad. They will come back. Mother nature has her ways.
Great video 👍 Doug
Thank you, I think you are right, she has her ways.
Sad. Nice footage though
Such a well-filmed video just underscores the plight. Thanks for sharing.
Great update Doug and informative:) speedy recovery!
Great video as always Doug. It's these sort of things that have been the driving force in me becoming an Ecologist and I am happy to finally be reaching a point in my life where I can begin to make an impact and do my part in protecting and preserving the precious natural habitats and resources that we have, those that we should cherish. The story of the Ash is a sad one especially considering one of my research sites is seeing a significant regeneration of young green Ash, but I know as soon as they reach large enough size the Ash bore will come through and destroy the entire stand again. It's detrimental to both the ecology of the forest and to the mind. We humans have caused so much destruction to that which we should cherish, yet refuse to act upon correcting those mistakes. I hope one day my children will be able to see the beauty of an Ash dominated floodplain forest, among so many other things currently at risk of disappearance in nature... It's a haunting thought.
Sorry for the negative rant, great video as always Doug. I'll leave with one of my favorite quotes that I think fits perfectly here: "We do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children"
When the video started, I thought a tornado had gone thru the forest there. It is very sad these Ash trees are dying from the beetle. It was surprising to see the path of the beetle on the inner part of the tree. Maybe seeds can be saved for future planting. I hope your arm is alright. Be safer. 😺💞
We have one real old ash tree in our back yard. Twenty years ago or so, my Dad cut back all the other ash around in an attempt to save it. Happy to report it's still alive and thriving. I don't know for how long. I know folks who have dead ash only a few miles down the road.
Insects, beaver, high winds and man. Hints of life were still abundant. Doug, Shawn, and Scrambled O are some of the most talented videographers on YT.. Young Joe is and has stepped up his game on filming as well. I have cut down 12 60 year old ash and have 5 to go, on less than a 1/2 acre, in Kansas City Mo.
Keep playing in the woods, Doug. Accidents happen. 🍂🍁🌱🌿
Doug always appreciate your videos i grew up in the rockies and it reminds me of home
Well done Doug. Thank you for telling me. I live near Yosemite in Ca. We have the pine beetle. So does a lot of the Western U.S. Devastating entire forests. Blessings to the Linkers!
OneEyed Mike ....this is horrible to hear. I hope it can be controlled. I’ll google to read about.
Love seeing you do tandem videos with Shawn and Joe and the twins! Thank you for this episode
same here in Florida. When I was a kid the water was blue now it's practically a sewer in our back yard canal!
As a mohawk of kahnawake I really appreciate your interest in our culture and you don’t always have to be right the fact that you’re trying is good enough I can’t wait for your next video👍
Wonderful intro to the video, Doug. Your photographic skills really convey deep messages of nature.
Your grove of dead-standing and deadfall ash looks just like my area, about 300 miles west of you in Michigan. What a loss of such a precious wooded resource !
I am very concerned about coming dry season brush fires that will now involve acres of "high BTU" dead ash and really flame up, causing deep burn damage to the biota of the forests. As you point out, things are ever changing. It's up to us to decide if the change is good or bad. But change it is. Thank you.
Geeze, Doug. Don't be breaking anything. I like watching you pull Bass out of your secret lake. 🎣👍🙂
Ash borers have been playing hell on the ash trees down here in Indiana for fifteen years or so. It breaks my heart. We had so many elm trees around here until Dutch Elm disease struck in the '60s and '70s, and to replace them in an urban/suburban setting, folks were encouraged to plant ash trees. Now that little green bug is chewing on them. It is great wood, but the dead stuff finds it's way into fireplaces and burn pits all over the US. We feel your pain, Doug. Hang in there.
That log dancing gets you down sometimes.
The area is beautiful and your stunning photography showed even with dead trees all around you, there is still the beauty. Thank you Doug
I feel you. Nature is ruthless, almost as much as us. That's what makes it beautiful. That's why you feel so small, yet so good when you watch a sunrise. You know that nothing matters. Nature is what it's all about, no matter what we think we are.
Poetic. Informative. Not alarmist but fatalist: "it's life".
We lost the great American Chestnut trees here in the states. It was sad to see the old growth trees laying around when I was a kid and hearing the stories.
Yes I like these kind of videos Doug. I grew up running around swinging on vines and making forts in the bush. I can tell you like nature and see the simple things that are often overlooked by some people. Cheers hope you do more like this.
Doug, great job!! You seriously have a talent. Your ability to convey your thoughts and share what your heart caries is quite remarkable. Your videos are educational and very well put together. You’re thoughtful and passionate. Bless you brother and keep walking in our Maker’s peace.
This sounds quite similar To the Pine Beetle infestation problem we experienced here in Colorado Very sad Indeed . Thank You Doug, All the Best my friend !
Always feel like I'm sitting with you when you do many of your videos , catch you on the next one Doug.
Doug is like the Canadian version of Asian Boss channel. Showing us things that matter.
I'm so happy you did that colab with Joe because it let me discover how awesome you are. Thanks for all the knowledge!
It is absolutely stunning the amount of destruction of the ash in north America.
I had my ash tree treated for several years to no avail. All due to an invasive species of emerald Ash beetle from, you guessed it. China. I sadly had to cut it down at great expense. It was over 100 yrs old too. I ended up planting several diverse varieties of trees for privacy and resiliency. It was a bummer, but the bugs eat the trees from inside out.
I feel your pain Dough , we've lost some much to invasive species. Not just the forests, lakes and rivers. Over taken by zebra mussels and silver carp. It's saddening 😞
I haven’t watched even a minute yet - but each and every one of your images are priceless. Thank you.
thank you for honoring the ash trees....i shared your post with my mushroom group here in VT and New England....we are all very sad by what is happening to the ash tree here too. they are cutting them all down in our state. Guess the Morel's will have to grow with the old apples and elms. :( take care of that bruise!!!
Doug, Enjoyed your vlog. It is sad about what has happened to the Ash trees in the Americas. In St. Louis they had to cut down all the Ash trees at the Arch. There are some Ash trees here in my town in NE Missouri. This is a prairie around here so maybe that's why we have escaped so far. Life goes on. Take care and be safe. Vaughn
Thanks again Doug ! You are one very talented guy ! Hope to see more ! more ! Really thanks and like your videos !
Great video Doug. It was really cool to see how you were able to separate the layers of ash in your last video. It's a shame. People around me still talk about what a great wood the American Chestnut was before it got wiped out by the blight way back. That was also from China.
Take care always Mr.Doug!
In Indiana the Ash trees are mostly gone already, except for a few trees in yards that people are trying to treat with chemicals that kill the emerald ash borer. Its so sad. But that's not the only impact of this invasive species. The woods behind my house has mature and younger year old American beech trees, and they are suffering too from the same bug according to my tree expert. One giant tree on the other side of the ravine was already taken down by my neighbor because it was dying fast and in danger of falling, and the three young beeches on our property are obviously infected with branches weakened and snapping off mid summer and woodpecker holes appearing in the diseased tops. I was told the bug won't kill the beeches, but I'm not so sure. I hope they don't. Be careful out there Doug - that arm is going to have one heck of a bruise!
You are a gifted photographer. Just beautiful shots in that first minute+
A very powerful video, Doug! Your choices of video b-roll and the music track are undeniably brilliant! On a whole other level, that you walked into an ash grove and fell on your ... Ash: Priceless! LOL *Only laughing WITH you, because you said so! LOL
Excellent video. Be careful we don’t want you hurt. What a sad ending for a beautiful tree.
Beautiful footage of the morning! So sad about the trees, but you portrayed it all so meaningfully. Almost brought a tear to my eyes. Take care of yourself, love all you do! That deer was snorting and stomping at you! whoa! Peace and Good Fortune to you and your family!
Just like the American Chestnut ...native to eastern North America was devastated by the chestnut blight, a fungal disease, it was one of the most important forest trees throughout its range, and it was considered the finest chestnut tree in the world, the Ash is being decimated by that confounded Emerald Ash Borer. It's hard to watch.
I recall a similar thing with the bark beetle, and one of my favorite states Utah. I can go on Google Earth and still see the timbering road scars on the landscape due to the tens of thousands of very old pines that were left standing dead, and needed to be removed (this was early 2000's). The last time I visited the wonderful mountain lake campground and surrounding area, the pine needles were dropping like rain. It had been too dry for too long, and the trees could no longer fight off the bark beetles as they normally could. It was so dry in the pine forests that you felt like you could start a fire just by walking on the dried needles. Needless to say ... no open fires were allowed. I knew that they were talking about recovering the dead trees back then, and just a few years ago - as I said .... I went on Google Earth and was very disheartened.
I also remember the gypsy moths in Pennsylvania, and some years later in the U.P. of Michigan. The caterpillars were so thick that you could hear their droppings hitting the leaves on the way to the ground, and the chewed leaves floating down from the trees. A strange, but good thing about the gypsy moths was that they would eat the leaves along the face of a mountain ridge, but would leave the hollows alone. Another good thing about gypsy moths was that they would move, which meant that most times the trees would recover.
Here in PA we have another invader called the Woolly Adelgid attacking our State Tree ... the Hemlock ..... it's getting pretty bad.
Btw, ash if people are not aware - are a favorite wood for snowshoes and frames on fishing nets. I have a net & snowshoes made by a company in the U.P. of Michigan that I have had for over 24 years. They also make some beautiful ash furniture. Sorry for the tome, but thought folks might be interested in some of the other insects plaguing North America. Take care Doug .... hope you can recover some of the ash for your own use.
Great awareness vid Doug! This has devastated the Ash here in Mn too.
Ash is a preferred wood for baseball bats also.
"But ash logs, smooth and gray,
Buy them green or old, sir,
And buy up all that come your way,
For they're worth their weight in gold, sir." - the Woodcutter's Song, final verse
What a shame - no, tragedy!
Nice at the end as the deer gets aware of you and stomps her feet and snores at ya.... 👍😁
Sad to hear about your ash trees mate. Can’t overstate how much I’ve been enjoying your educational content of late. The fish farm, Shawn’s long house, your axe sheath, all wonderful watches. Keep up the great work.
Thank you for your knowledge and sharing it. But is does make me sad and breaks my heart seeing all those dead trees.
Just discovered this on my property in N. Iowa. I have 5 acres mostly of oak but noticed my several of my ash trees getting visits from woodpeckers. Sure enough EAB. But after seeing where you are it pales in comparison.
Awesome intro! Great video Doug.
Loved it! Thanks Doug you're always making great content.
While this generation of mature ash may have fallen victim to the ash borer, here in Michigan I have seen new ash trees sprouting and growing quite quickly where once stood a dead one. This means that there is hope that we will see more in the future.
We lost the majority of the elms here in MN due to Dutch Elm. My area is getting hammered by Oak Wilt. And now the emerald ash borer. It’s sad to see the old growth forests get killed off when there is nothing any of us can truly do to stop it once it starts.
Beautiful footage and beautifully put together. Lovely video, even if a bit sad.
Back in the 60's we had dutch elm disease now emerald ash borer ! Mother Nature just keeps doin her thing !
It's sad. The American Chestnut had a sad ending too.
And the American Elm. And the Lodgepole Pine. And the White Pine. About the only thing down in my area (SC Kansas) that seems to grow well no matter what are Mulberry, Osage Orange, Maple, Cottonwood, and Ceder. I guess Sycamore and Oak do well in town also, but are too slow to compete with those others in a grove.
Don't forget the butternut
Wow, you have captured this message so well in image form. Very sad to see yet another species in trouble ... just saw on CBC news last night that about 1 Million species of animals and plants are about to become extinct in the next 50 years ... what a legacy we leave to our grand children. Thanks for sharing with us from that angle of the lens. Really enjoy your videos...keep em comin' Glenn in the woods just west of Algonquin ... well... you know the area already. lol and unfortunately we do have some of those emerald borers here into our ash trees.. very sad. Take care of that wing buddy.
Thanks for sharing this. I'm no tree guy but I've noticed over the past 5 or so years that the ash trees have been dying off very rapidly. I'm down in New York........
I don't know what kind of filter you used on your camera but those were some beautiful shots.. I live in Michigan (by the Blue Water Bridge) and we've been hit very hard here since half the city was ash trees.. went to Traverse City last week ( northwest area of the mitten) and the red oaks and pine trees have been devastated. Its just so saddening.
Spectacular shots especially the deer in the end. So sad about the ash tree. I heard rumours that down in the states that the beetles are now attacking other variety of trees. If so we could be in big trouble. Always enjoy all your videos and hope your arm is fine. 😆
Sad to see all the destruction from the beetle. We’ve had the same thing here that’s nearly destroyed our hemlock forrests.
Yeah, that’s sad. Same thing in the SW, just a different borer.
Beautiful video!
It breaks my heart that we are losing our ash trees. 22 years ago my Dad had a table made of ash trees from his woods, and gave it to me and my wife as a wedding gift. Little did we know then these lovely trees were doomed. As you say life goes on.
Thanks for sharing Doug
Thanks for sharing, sir. The Ash tree is a sad loss, to be sure.
Very interesting video, thanks Doug! Sad for the ashes.. hope they'll come back.
That bush reminds me Finland a lot, but in those wetlands we have a lot of birch trees and aspen growing.
Great photography, editing and music. Well done!
Great video Doug - very interesting. Thank you.
Hope all is well with the arm Doug. Good info. about the Ash.
Beautiful and poignant, and, very Canadian! Well done, Doug and thank you from Idaho.
Beautiful shots. Makes me miss Ontario, which I sadly moved away from 8 years ago. Watch that arm, or you won’t be able to crush any invasive beetles!
Hi Doug. I live near a patch of woods in a suburb of Chicago. Roughly 2000 acres. I was in utter disbelief about a month ago when I went for a hike because of the preventative accidents that might occur with the ash trees. Completely decimated by the forest service. They took so many infected trees down that were broke or snapped off because of the emerald ash bore. I was heartbroken. Looked like a war zone. Also because they used ash trees on the parkways( the area between the streets and sidewalks) they’ve taken down many of those as well throughout the many suburbs. I loved fall with the ash trees starting with the yellows early on and transforming to the purple and bronze color later on. Was always one of my favorite trees. Thanks for sharing your video and I’m just as sad as you about a tree we hold dear. ATB Mike
Thank you for the information, Doug. Tough to see. You have to wonder about old Mother Nature, hope she knows what she's doing. Be well. Sorry about the arm.
Awesome video Doug. I would only add how important it is not to transport wood very far especially if you have had the emerald ash borer in your area. I know a lot of camp grounds around here wont let you bring your own firewood any more unless your a local.
I remember seeing healthy ash trees marked by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as Emerald Ash Borer test trees. They each had a foot long section of bark removed around the trunk about a meter off the ground. This was in the early 2000's, I'm assuming they were trying to figure out how to put a stop to the infestation.. But now, fifteen years laser, the ash trees are completely wiped out.
Doug I have 15 dead ash in my "backyard" some, breaking 10-20 feet up.....suddenly, not necessarily in a windstorm. Sad, such heavy yet undergrown runted trees. Heavy widowmakers. Such beautiful but nasty bugs. Have been burning off slowly as well, very hot fire makers, but in-situ due to not being able to take them off property. Nice videography Doug
Dang marsh snot! Hope the arm gets better soon.
Thank you , Mr Doug .
Lesson for today , "don't run if ya has snotty boot's ," Ouch , lesson learned ! Thank you for saving me that pain .
We went through a massive fire 3 years ago now and the forests are gonna take forever to come back. This is the year when all the burnt standing trees are being blown down. It's quite sad to go in the woods this year.
Really like the range of what you are putting out now, go for it Dougster! Not sure if you have heard the traditional saying (well in England anyway)...? "Oak before ash there will be a splash, ash before oak there will be a soak..." With its demise a simple way to tell what the summer will be like is lost and along with it a bit of history and tradition. Sad to hear it is going the same way in Canada, although due to a beetle. Europe faces as a disaster for the European Ash with a fungus this time causing massive ash dieback, UK in particular is being badly hit.
We Had the same problem in Colorado with the Pine Beetle. Pine forests gone, keeps moving west at a few miles a year. Just want to comment on your videography skills. Getting better all the time, exceptional footage. THANKS
Thank you so much for doing your videos!
anyone else find a resemblance with Doug and the Hound from GOT? ha
I think He looks exactly like duncan trussell when he's rockin a beard
Nope
after a quick google search im now offended haha
@@dougLinker yeah I should have said/meant Rory McCann
@@hutttee always glad to see Duncan's name pop up somewhere. All the best to you, friend!