I've got sympathy for you Harv. We have a similiar problem in Southeast Michigan. Apparently a bug called the "Emerald Ash Borer" got here from China, riding in some wood pallets several years ago. This beetle has quite an appetite for ash trees. There is a six county quarantine for firewood movement, and we're losing ash trees right and left. There is no reliable treatment, and I'm sure it will spread since these darn things fly!

We're also having problems with our oak trees. There is a fungal disease called "Oak Wilt" that can kill a massive, healthy oak tree in a single year. This incidence of this disease has been increasing steadily over the past two years.

First the Chestnuts, then the Elm trees. I hope your pines, the ash trees and the oaks aren't following behind.