We're meeting to go over laboratory test results and formulate a plan for what we're going to do about this.
What we saw wasn't pretty. Our estimate doesn't include structures or the nearly 2,000 jobs that are on the line.
Once the insect feeds on an infected tree, it will be a carrier of the disease for life. It will spread to other trees. That's the real danger here.
It's an unanswered question we're hoping the scientists can give us direction on. We are concerned about it.