The emerald ash borer was recently found in Green Bay, Wis., by state agriculture inspectors during a routine trap check along the Fox River, according Fox 11. The insect kills ash trees by feeding on its wood.
"Our approach to the clubhouse, we're going to lose everything in the front. Yeah, it's going to change our look," said Mike VanLanen, the facilities manager at UW-Green Bay. The school owns and operates Shorewood Golf Course, an on-campus 9-hole golf course.
Shorewood Golf Course, an on-campus 9-hole golf course owned by he UW-Green Bay, is made up of many different trees, but crews are concerned about the future of the lush ash trees.
"I probably have 50 to 100 of them on the course and they will make an impact when they come down," said Mike Rusch, Shorewood's superintendent.
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