Ash Tree Treatment in Brandon, SD
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South Dakota DANR’s Forest Health Team confirmed emerald ash borer in Brandon after a forest health specialist found larvae and adult exit holes in a group of boulevard ash trees showing common infestation symptoms. Brandon sits in Minnehaha County, one of the counties under the state’s Plant Pest Quarantine, and EAB had already been confirmed in other parts of Minnehaha and Lincoln counties before reaching Brandon directly.
For Brandon homeowners, that means the same core decision as neighboring Sioux Falls: assess each ash tree individually for treatment viability versus removal, working from an in-person arborist assessment rather than assumptions.
How was EAB confirmed in Brandon specifically?
A DANR forest health specialist found a group of ash trees showing infestation symptoms in Brandon and confirmed EAB larvae and adult exit holes in one of them.