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Kinnucan Proudly Rides in Lake Bluff 4th of July Parade

It happens every year…approximately 15,000 people line the streets of Lake Bluff to watch the Lake Bluff 4th of July Parade.  Kinnucan had 2 entries – our Emerald Ash Borer “Bug Car” and our boom truck (which was used by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Rotary Club).   

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Lake Forest To Begin Work On Forest Park; Kinnucan Donates Tree Pruning

Weather permitting, the renovation of Lake Forest’s Forest Park will begin quietly this week with tree pruning by Kinnucan Co., which volunteered to trim the canopies of the park’s elms, oaks, sugar maples, crabapples, hawthornes and other species. GazeboNews checked in with Peter Gordon, City Forester, Supervisor of Parks and Forestry, for an update on…

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Ash borers well on way to costing Chicago area millions

Two years ago, officials in Tinley Park learned that the emerald ash borer was gnawing through the village’s ash trees. This winter they learned that the dime-sized beetle may also chew holes in the southwest suburb’s budget: $4 million to $6 million to cut down and replace or chemically inoculate about 9,000 trees over the…

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ABC News reports on widespread need for emerald ash borer control

This ABC News report explains the need for emerald ash borer control in the the Chicago land area.

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Naperville approves ash borer treatment measure

The Naperville City Council approved a $292, 625 contract with Kinnucan Tree Experts and Landscape company for ash borer treatment.  As reported in the Naperville Sun-Times, 1,400 ash trees were killed by the emerald ash borer in the city.

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Grayslake launches ash borer treatment plan

Grayslake officials approved $17,000 in spending to help prevent emerald ash borer  disease in the area.   Kinnucan Tree Experts and Landscape applied a treatment that may make ash trees in the area immune to the disease caused by the beetles as described in The News Sun article. Rhett Taylor said, “for the relatively small investment, it’s worth…

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Schaumburg pays $390,460 for emerald ash borer control

The Village of Schaumburg awarded Kinnucan Tree Experts and Landscaping in Lake Bluff a $390,460 contract to deal with the Emerald Ash Borer epidemic plaguing the tress in the area as reported in the Daily Hearld.  Kinnucan will be chemically treating 524 high value trees and 6,316 smaller trees.

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