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The big problem with the city's plan for a small pest

Thumbnail image for 220px-Ventral_adult_eab.jpgThe little green beetle known as the emerald ash borer is a persistent little bug.
They're a highly destructive species - and a real pest for this city.
Infected trees have been chopped at the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College.
The logs are taken to a waste facility on Trail Road.
But that storage plan is bugging a biologist in Manotick... who says the facility is set to spread the beetle far and wide.
Bert Van Ingen spoke to Robyn this morning.


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