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Is this EAB damage?

 
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Several trees in the neighborhood had lower branches dying and leaves were pretty spare in summer. I checked this one by my property and saw big pieces of barks are falling off the truncks.
There were small holes on barks and tunnels on tree trunk. Is this an ash tree being attacked by EAB?
This is a big tree over 40 ft and just 12 ft from the road. I am afraid it has to come down before next storm brings down big branches. Will the DOT routinely check for such potential threat or I have to notify them?

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Barks falling off all trunks
Barks falling off all trunks
 
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I'm not particularly knowledgeable about the EAB but that sure looks like the holes they make in ash trees.  
 
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From the first photo is does look like EAB. Here is a link to EAB info. http://www.emeraldashborer.info/
 
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Looks like them. The D shaped holes are a tell tale sign. The bark splitting off too. Often, there is stress growth low to the ground as well and branches don't leaf all the way to the tips.
We have an ash tree similarly close to the road which is suffering from the borer. Several more just down the road which are dead and frequently drop potentially deadly branches that block the road. Ours has dropped some too. They just clean them up when they fall and leave the trees to drop more.
We asked our town officials about this hazard and if we could get ours taken down. The marshal said he'd clean up anything that fell, but if we wanted to cut ours, we'd have to pay for it.
Hopefully the DOT where you are is more proactive, but if our experience is any indication, I think you'd need to notify them.
 
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Thanks all. There is another tree close to my power line, more likely the electric company will deal with it. Then I will get the lots of wood and chips from it.
 
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Yes, there is a hotline. Also one number to contact department of agriculture. I will call tomorrow. All the trees (over 12) on the parking lot of local library died suddenly in 2020. I haven't checked closely and not sure of tree species but it could be the same infection.
 
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