Friends of Camillus Park guest speaker at the Thursday, January 24 meeting will be Jessi Lyons, Coordinator of Natural Resources Programs at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County. She is a graduate of SUNY-ESF and the facilitator of the County-wide Emerald Ash Borer Task force. Her duties are to provide programs focusing on urban and community forestry, water quality, horticulture and gardening.
At our meeting she will give a basic introduction to the emerald ash borer and discuss the program and opportunities related to the EAB including Wasp Watchers, Municipal preparedness, ash seed collection and upcoming workshops. In addition she will discuss management options and wood utilization. The information she will share will be valuable not only to Friends of Camillus Park but also to home owners to learn options for planning their strategies to address the invading Borer and their Ash Trees.