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This non-native beetle kills ash trees by feeding on the layer beneath the bark, cutting off water and nutrients.

Approximately one-third of the trees in Fort Collins are ash trees, making the city's urban canopy highly vulnerable.

Human transport of infected firewood is a primary way the destructive pest spreads to new areas.

The tree-killing emerald ash borer made significant expansion within Fort Collins and in Colorado in 2025.

The insect is now found in more than 20 Front Range cities. This year, the borer was found for the first time in Berthoud, Aurora, Denver, Edgewater, Golden and Wheat Ridge, according to the Colorado State Forest Service.

"EAB has become so widespread that residents in the Front Range should assume the pest is in their city or town," Ma

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