A tree-lined stretch of the popular Keystone Trail behind the bustling Aksarben Village affords a vantage point to consider Omaha’s future when the emerald ash borer infestation takes its toll.

It’s not a pretty picture, that future.

But walking and talking with neighborhood and nature advocate Diana Failla makes it clear that all is not doom and gloom.

More than 100 ash trees line both sides of the trail and Little Papillion Creek for about one-third of a mile, from Mercy Road to Pine Street. About 40 of the trees are in city-owned right-of-way beside Aksarben Drive. About 70 grow on the College of St. Mary’s side of the creek.

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