Balcerzak ash trees about to fall
MANKATO — The reality of the coming infestation of emerald ash borers will be impossible to miss for drivers on Balcerzak Drive starting on Monday....
MANKATO — The reality of the coming infestation of emerald ash borers will be impossible to miss for drivers on Balcerzak Drive starting on Monday. The street stretching from Warren Street near the Minnesota State University campus to Victory Drive is lined with 152 ash trees, 85% of all the trees along Balcerzak. Crews will begin cutting down 94 of the poorer quality ash on the street's public boulevard starting Monday, grinding the trees into woodchips. The Balcerzak trees are not known to be infested yet by the invasive beetle, but EAB was found near downtown Mankato late last year.