Meeting Hall

Annual Meeting of the East Passage Estates Lot Owners Association

Heather Faubert, research associate in URI’s Department of Plant Sciences and Entomology, will speak on the emerald ash borer which was found in RI in July 2018. This beetle is native to northeastern Asia and is highly destructive to ash trees in North America. Heather will cover the beetle’s biology, damage it causes, how to prevent it, how to identify it and management techniques including biological control.She will also talk briefly about the defoliation of oaks in Jamestown due to caterpillars and attacks from bark beetles.