As Colorado heats up, consumers are thinking about their outdoor spaces. As your landscape company fields calls from customers, it’s a perfect time to get ahead of the game and promote water conservation. It’s important to talk about the importance of using water responsibly—before regulations are proposed to cut it off completely.

A score of cities and towns along the Front Range have already treated or removed more than 17,000 public trees in preparation for – or response to – the arrival of emerald ash borer (EAB), a highly destructive tree pest. These same municipalities also have already planted more than 17,000 ash replacement trees as part of their EAB management plans, and along with Boulder County have collectively spent more than $9 million on the management of a tree pest that in Colorado has thus far only been detected within Boulder County.