(Audubon) Audubon Conservation Director Bruce Haag’s plan to remove the dead ash trees along the T-Bone Bike Trail will save the county a lot of money.
The Audubon County Board of Supervisors has been working on a plan to eliminate dead Ash Trees along the T-Bone Bike Trail. Audubon County Supervisor Chairman Doug Sorensen says the Emerald Ash Borer has decimated 2,343 trees. Sorensen says Bruce Haag, appearing at Tuesday’s supervisor’s meeting, shared a plan to ease the county’s financial burden.
Sorensen says the trees will not be immediately removed from the site but laid to the side. This will also allow residents to come in and cut the dead ash trees for firewood.
Sorensen says this is what the Audubon County Conservation Department prefers to do. Otherwise, the estimated removal cost would be half a million dollars. Haag thinks his staff can knock down half the dead trees this winter; Sorensen says the plan is to start knocking down trees in mid-December.
Residents wanting to cut the trees for firewood must contact Bruce Haag, the Conservation Director, to get a permit.
