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Bakersfield, California – Families walking at The Park at River Walk and cyclists riding the Kern River Parkway Trail are being urged to act immediately if they spot a destructive invasive beetle capable of killing hardwood trees across Kern County this spring.
According to the U.S. Forest Service and the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the Asian longhorned beetle attacks maple, birch, willow, poplar and elm trees. Officials warn the insect burrows deep into trunks, cutting off nutrients and weakening trees long before visible dieback appears…