PIERRE, (KCCR) — The Pierre City Commission is in the process of updating city ordinances regarding the emerald ash borer. The tree killing insect is still mainly in southeast South Dakota but Parks Director Bryan Tipton says they want to be prepared before it arrives…
Tipton says the movement of the bug is dictating the change…
Tipton says the ordinance change is just one part of an overall plan to update the city’s E-A-B plan…
Ash trees can be treated but they will have to be treated annually. Pierre has an estimated 12-hundred ash trees in the community. Final action on the ordinance change is slated for March 18th.
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