Residents may notice trees in Lafayette parks encircled with wide bands of green or yellow ribbon. These trees are part of National Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) Awareness Week. The wrap is intended to help people recognize what ash trees look like, and prompt homeowners and landowners to consider early management options for EAB.
There have been no detection of EAB in Lafayette, and the colored wraps serve as an identifying cue that the tree is an Ash variety and has the potential to become a victim to EAB.
For more information about ash tree identification, the symptoms of EAB, treatment options, businesses with an EAB compliance agreement, and an updated map showing where EAB has been detected in Colorado, go to www.eabcolorado.com