An Erie artist has transformed an ash tree in the front yard of a Loveland home from beetle-damaged timber into a piece of art. Chrissy Allison, who has lived in the home just north of the Benson ...

It's also a warning that the art form is under threat ... basketry is under threat by the invasive emerald ash borer, which is destroying ash trees across the country. A recent study by Michigan ...

The emerald ash borer has nearly wiped out the black ash trees in Wisconsin. However, the Ho-Chunk Nation is preserving black ash tree seeds.