Colorado Springs is taking proactive steps to protect its urban forest as the destructive emerald ash borer continues its spread across the Front Range, with new confirmed sightings in Denver, Aurora and Golden.
The city’s forestry department says one in every five public trees in Colorado Springs is an ash tree, not including those on private property. This significant population has city officials preparing for what they consider an inevitable arrival of the invasive pest.
“Every year, this might be the year,” said Matthew Puckett, Colorado Springs city forester…