Pete Butler, of Stockbridge, an independent arborist and owner of Strategic Vegetation Management, inoculates ash trees lining Pleasant Street in Woodstock, Vt., with a pesticide to prevent emerald ash borer infestation on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Butler helped plant several of the ash trees on Pleasant Street in the mid-1990s, continuing the replacement of elms that were killed by Dutch Elm Disease . "Everything else had problems," said Butler. "We went crazy with them as a replacement tree," he said, noting that now, more diversified plantings might be used. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
Pete Butler, of Stockbridge, an independent arborist and owner of Strategic Vegetation Management, inoculates ash trees lining Pleasant Street in Woodstock, Vt., with a pesticide to prevent emerald ash borer infestation on Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Butler helped plant several of the ash trees on Pleasant Street in the mid-1990s, continuing the replacement of elms that were killed by Dutch Elm Disease . "Everything else had problems," said Butler. "We went crazy with them as a replacement tree," he said, noting that now, more diversified plantings might be used. (Valley News - James M. Patterson) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News photographs — James M. Patterson