Retiring Gar: Ash Slash the Right Approach

Some historical perspective on the fight against the current tree disease in the city of La Crosse.  Retiring city superintendent of parks, Gar Amunson, says the city’s current no quarter approach toward the emerald ash borer is the right one to take because there’s no way to beat a disease or infestation with the strength of the ash borer.  The city’s fight against Dutch Elm disease proved that.

Amunson is retiring from the city just a few days shy of forty years on the job.