Yep, most of the ash trees on my place and in the neighborhood are dying from the ash borers.

I'm going to be burning ash for firewood for the next couple years, and let a few friends stock up with plenty of firewood too. No point in letting it go to waste.

I don't have many in the woodlots, most are fence row trees, which will be easy to get to.

Maybe 20 years ago all of the elms got hit real hard around here which made for good mushroom hunting for a couple years after. They've since recovered.