Once again this year, Belleville native Cody Austin has been working to help the Village of Belleville preserve the trees in the parks around the Village. Austin has been an ISA Certified Arborist for over six years, and an arborist for seven years. He graduated from Belleville High School and then the University of Wisconsin-Platteville with a Biology Degree.

Three years ago, Cody injected approximately 76 Ash trees in the village in an effort to save them from Emerald Ash Borers. Out of those 76 trees, 75 not only survived but flourished. The one lone Ash tree that died after being tr...