It is a slow death--it takes years for a healthy tree to finally succumb. We had one very large ash next to the house (the roof was notched out to accommodate it) which we had to take down last year--at significant cost since they had to use a crane placed on the other side of the house.
We have it's "partner" in the front yard which remains healthy (and treated annually).
We don't have many ash in the woods.
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty” ---Sir Winston Churchill
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