{"id":10618,"date":"2021-08-16T05:24:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T09:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlra.org\/?p=10618"},"modified":"2022-04-26T10:25:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T14:25:22","slug":"a-farewell-to-our-american-ash-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/a-farewell-to-our-american-ash-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"A Farewell to our American Ash Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10618\" class=\"elementor elementor-10618\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f3907a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f3907a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0ab73d1\" data-id=\"0ab73d1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a1ad56 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a1ad56\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leafless.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MjMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9mb3hnbG92ZXN5c3RlbXMuY29tXC9Qcm90b3R5cGVzXC9tbHJhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvbGVhZmxlc3MucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"706\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leafless.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10623\" alt=\"Leafless ash tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leafless.png 706w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/leafless-276x300.png 276w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-7200894 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7200894\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-07e07a6\" data-id=\"07e07a6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2468104 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2468104\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The tallest trees on the entrance driveway reach leafless to the sky. A dozen of them, adorned only with yellow barricade tape, await removal very soon.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21e3b5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"21e3b5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"685\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taped-ash.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10624\" alt=\"Ash tree to be removed\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taped-ash.png 685w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taped-ash-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/taped-ash-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Cindy Page designates an Ash tree for removal,  together with Dave Bartram, who took this photo.\nNoteworthy is the bark, to the right above the label, exhibiting \"blonding\" an abrasion resulting from the pecking by woodpeckers in search of beetle larvae under the bark.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c4aa3e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c4aa3e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9aa1e4\" data-id=\"b9aa1e4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f028b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0f028b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>These trees have succumbed, simultaneously, to the Emerald Ash-tree Borer (EAB), as has almost every Ash tree you will encounter this year on our county roads.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d8314d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d8314d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1de22db\" data-id=\"1de22db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6ac395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c6ac395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-burrows.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Where the bark has been shed, serpentine burrows of the EAB larvae dig deep into the (formerly) living tissue of the tree.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MjEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9mb3hnbG92ZXN5c3RlbXMuY29tXC9Qcm90b3R5cGVzXC9tbHJhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvZWFiLWJ1cnJvd3MucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-burrows.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10621\" alt=\"Ash borer damage 1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-burrows.png 823w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-burrows-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-burrows-768x638.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Where the bark has been shed, serpentine burrows of the EAB larvae dig deep into the (formerly) living tissue of the tree.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-123fba2\" data-id=\"123fba2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc61bff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cc61bff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eabexits.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"D - shaped holes in the bark mark the exit holes of the adult beetle following pupation.\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MjIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9mb3hnbG92ZXN5c3RlbXMuY29tXC9Qcm90b3R5cGVzXC9tbHJhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvZWFiZXhpdHMucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eabexits.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10622\" alt=\"Ash borer damage 2\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eabexits.png 717w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eabexits-300x235.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">D - shaped holes in the bark mark the exit holes of the adult beetle following pupation.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-00adb54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"00adb54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c3dbfef\" data-id=\"c3dbfef\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a65d81b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a65d81b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This Asian beetle is expected to spread to and ultimately destroy 99% of the Ash trees native to the woods of northern New Jersey. In Southern Jersey it has already killed street and landscape trees since its first detection in Somerset County in 2014. Infected trees in our part of Burlington County first became visible in 2017.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-d867575 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d867575\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5925335\" data-id=\"5925335\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14d80e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"14d80e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-adult.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-description=\"Source: Wikipedia, Emerald Ash Borer\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTA2MjAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9mb3hnbG92ZXN5c3RlbXMuY29tXC9Qcm90b3R5cGVzXC9tbHJhXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDIxXC8wOFwvZWFiLWFkdWx0LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"580\" src=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-adult.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10620\" alt=\"Emerald Ash Borer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-adult.png 324w, https:\/\/foxglovesystems.com\/Prototypes\/mlra\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/eab-adult-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Source: Wikipedia, Emerald Ash Borer<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9157ff2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9157ff2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-bec376c\" data-id=\"bec376c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14982f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"14982f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On May 7 2018, we were very fortunate to have had a <a href=\"https:\/\/onedrive.live.com\/?authkey=%21AAhBuMRW9596Twk&amp;cid=378E5462AE097BD3&amp;id=378E5462AE097BD3%2155726&amp;parId=378E5462AE097BD3%2138945&amp;o=OneUp\">Pathways presentation<\/a> by Pamela Zipse, a Certified Forest Expert and <a href=\"https:\/\/urbanforestry.rutgers.edu\/outreach\/\">Outreach Coordinator<\/a> for the Rutgers Urban Forestry Dept. This expert and richly documented lecture covered the biology and the insidious, often overlooked signs of damage from the EAB. Moreover she mapped the location of likely infected landscape Ashes at both Medford Leas and Lumberton. Perhaps best of all, she described the success of our own Ken Hutz in spotting early EAB damage and implementing a yearly administration of systemic insecticide with the hope of arresting progression of the disease. It may take several years of treatment to achieve the hoped for eradication of the pest.<\/p><p>In Asia this beetle is held in check both by defense mechanisms in susceptible species of tree, and by parasitoid wasps. Ms. Zipse <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/publications\/plant_health\/faq_eab_biocontrol.pdf\">described deliberate cultivation of Asian wasps<\/a> which show promise in controlling EAB.<\/p><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fraxinus_americana\">Wikipedia entry for the White Ash<\/a> compares the prospective damage to this species with two prior tree species that suffered near or total extinction in the 20th century: &#8220;The number of Chestnuts killed by the Chestnut blight was around 3.5 billion Chestnut trees while there are 3.5 billion Ash trees in Ohio alone. Dutch Elm disease* killed only 200 million Elm trees while EAB threatens 8.7 billion Ash trees in the United States.&#8221;<\/p><p>Plants have defense mechanisms against predators: from thorns to cardiac poisons and tannins. Tannins are phenolic compounds powerful enough to tan the hide of an animal to leather. The American Ash tree is noteworthy for its lack of toxic tannins. North American frogs (<em>loc. cit.<\/em>) rely on this deficiency: their tadpoles nibble on the Ash leaves they find in puddles. Regrettably, and for the same reason, the tree is defenseless against the Emerald Ash Borer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0556358 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0556358\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8ae3de\" data-id=\"e8ae3de\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0baebb8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0baebb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><i>*\u00a0<\/i><\/span>The chestnut blight in the early 1900&#8217;s is attributed to an East Asian fungal disease spread by airborne spores. The Elm tree, once a stately shade tree of the urban landscape, is subject to Dutch Elm disease, again a European fungal disease spread by both introduced and native beetles.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-944984f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"944984f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c58488c\" data-id=\"c58488c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c8325f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c8325f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>By Fred Kahan<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The tallest trees on the Medford Leas entrance driveway reach leafless to the sky. A dozen of them, adorned only with yellow barricade tape, await removal. 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