City workers were busy again Friday in Wiese Park, culling ash trees as a result of the state’s infestation by the emerald ash borer.
Assistant Parks Supervisor Mike Peterson said by the time toe work is complete, some 80 ash trees will have been removed from Wiese Park, representing about 30% of the park’s tree population.
Peterson said the Perry Parks and Recreation Department is methodically planting young trees from the city’s tree nursery in order to replace the lost ashes, so the park will appear partially denuded for only a few years.
