I live in North Eastern Maryland USA and two years ago I noticed bark laying symmetrically encircled around a tree. I asked around and an arborist informed me of our unfortunate situation to come which the State of Maryland had been trying to get in front of for years. After my property was visited by an State of Maryland arborist per their request I was informed I had to rectify this issue by felling my trees as soon as possible to prevent more spreading however my efforts were pointless since there are hundreds of infected Ash trees in and around me of which my neighbors have no idea nor any interest in their trees. Now in present time there are many hundreds of dead Ash trees around my area and the recent bomb cyclone wind we had caused those dead Ash trees branches to fall and some were widow makers for sure. I have proactively contacted my Home Owners Association, Town, County and State as it relates to these dead trees as the human threat impact is extremely high since some of these large trees are over property, yes homes, and those residents have zero knowledge about the threat these “fast dying” trees bring to them with each passing day. The invasive species are getting worse year over year as the price of globalization comes into clearer focus as years ago it was the brown marmorated stink bug yet in more recent years it has been the spotted lantern fly and now it is the emerald ash worm.