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Town looks to iamplement10 stmtU hI fgtemml ahh E j> By lim Arnott mittee of Milton councillors last week, wauld ! èîretRof a engineering services. the biees. SP E C AL 10 IlTHE CHliA MPION see about 860ash steet trees given TreeAzin Describing the strategy as a blended re- Untreated tree would be removed ad White deed asti trees will undoubtedly be a cammnon sight in Milton in years to corne, a Town strategy has been proposed ta save sorme of the largest and healthiest of the trees fTom en Asian beetie thats decimatin9 the population. ~The multi-year strategy outlined to a com- - -*~ promu nen Cnontry 1H a"Y injecttons te protect them from the emrald ash borer. While treatirg ait of the estimated 4»00 asti street trees with the $200 per dse insecti- c Ide was seen as tao expensive for the Town, the alternative of lemtng ait af the tices simn- ply die was cleemed to b. likely unaccept- able ta residenus, suid Paul Cripps. the Towrs m to wEqoee lue dishes created by some of Hatton's nms t chefs paired wvit amazing local fafmes. Odzctf 611%2013 * 1 tui5 PMi awitage %ak a M56 Tremamne Road, Mittn r t"k.t oaim - Smv $4 por tieeti - a- sponse ta the issuel» Cripps said the TreeAzin injections would b. giveit ta trees with trunks that are eight iches in diarneter at chest height, and were deemed te b. in qpod or ex- cellent condition ini a 2011 ast îee inventory. Accordim to thie 1nventory, abouit hatf of the asti Street trees are in 'old Milton, includrmg the malorrty of the Iargest trees. The other hall of the trees are in the Bristol Survey. with most ofa tiiose trees smalIef than the. treatment size. Aet trees haven't been planteti on streets or in paits since 2007. Tremtmerw of the idiertifmed trees every two >Yuu is expected ta save roughly 21 per cent of **Towi'g nventory of ash street trees. Crippi suggested ef an additional 10 per cent of ftees manage to survive the ernerald asti borer infestation on their awn, the cornbined ffe cold b. the survival of neasly one-third of the street trees. Hawever, he empuasuzeti that ongoing Tre.- Azin treaiment would be required every two years unuil the threat af infestatian passes, which rmght take years or niever completely occur. The strategy budgets S200,000 in 2014, 2016, 2018 and 2020 ta caver the cost af treatng plcdas the ydie a cout of about SM0 eacb. The Town is budgeting about $3 mi#o between 2014 and 2020 for removai and re- placemnit of trees. The stratgy, whiKh Kas been referd Io the 2014 budget pracess for considuan, 4- dreççes arily Taownerd street trees, and not trees on private property, afthowffi dwy are equally susceptible ta the inf ilion. Cnipps suggested a communicatins shtiffl woutd b. requioed to explain the straegy to residents, as wei as cormmumcate ina- tion on how they should manage te ons their properties. With the beetie devasfating ash tuées acrme North America, effôrts have been fmad@ to find a natural predator ta conrl fts spread., Two tiny Chines. wasps were recently ap-, proved for release by the Canada Food b- spection Agency- The parasitic wasps, vihih are said te b. bard- ly large enfough to se., lonit stIng hwmns but kit beeties and other insects **n tY Iay their emg inside thein. Eariy tests in Michigmn appeat to be bwiWn success in introducing tbern into thieemrd ash boru< poptMion. 'Georetown Volkswagen 203 Guelphm Street (Highway 7) Georgetown - 905.877Z5285 Dos Auto. .* '~~pi no ~ re rii i. il z- ciq. -- 1 ru 1. Pl Dr~ l4' C~r' .S'r -'sre 1,.. :rî~luç.~i Ai v ** " FOI10%,V Our constructiori: