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Columbus Fighting Ash Borer

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM EDT

The fight against the emerald ash borer beetle continues in Columbus. City officials plan to spend more than 1 million dollars this year to remove, destroy and replace 29 thousand ash trees. Crews so far have removed nearly nine thousand trees to stop the beetle from spreading.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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