As the owner of a woodlot outside of Detroit, I have a pretty good idea of the impact of EAB. The insect has destroyed 100% of the old growth ash trees in my 20 acres of woods. They come down every time a wind storm blows thru. One sent me to the ER two years ago. I have only ever heard of them attacking one other species of tree. Something called White Fringe tree and I understand these can be propagated by grafting onto Ash root stock so...make your own conclusions there. There is no need to save seeds. The EAB is not going to move thru your area and disappear. Neither do they kill the tree. Just the part above ground dies. The root remains and hundreds of small Ash sprout from those roots. In our woods, some are reaching 2-3" caliper and are attacked by EAB. Smaller ones are not attacked. Some of these trees produce seed before succumbing to EAB, but it does not matter because the roots keep sending up more. I think the EAB will stabilize in time and the Ash will rebound. Nature has a way of taking care of such things.
If you love your woodlot, though, be prepared for some heart break. You will not be spared nor will any individual trees. They will all die and you would be better off to take them down while the lumber is of value than to leave them. The dead trees are very dangerous.
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