Each year, for the past seven years, Loveland parks staff have placed traps in strategic areas to monitor whether the emerald ash borer has arrived in the city. Again, 10 traps were being placed Monday.
The pest has not been confirmed anywhere in Larimer County, in traps or ash trees, but tree experts have said the borer that is deadly to ash trees someday will migrate from Boulder County, where it has spread to four additional communities since it was first confirmed in the state in 2013.
Experts believe the insect was there for at least three years before it was confirmed, so in reality, the pest could be here, though tree specialists hope not.
“We cannot guarantee for sure that the emerald ash borer is not here,” said Rob MacDonald, the city’s tree specialist.
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